Melatonin effect on seizures in children with severe neurologic deficit disorders

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1208-1210

  Peled, Nir ^a   Shorer, Zamir ^b   Peled, Eli ^a   Pillar, Giora ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Convulsions; Epilepsy; Free radicals; Melatonin; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; MELATONIN; NITRAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MELATONIN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034799173     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.28100.x     Document Type: Article

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