Controlled pilot study of piracetam for pediatric opsoclonus-myoclonus

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 352-357

  Pranzatelli, Michael R ^a   Tate, Elizabeth D ^a   Galvan, Isabel ^a   Wheeler, Alisa ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dancing eyes syndrome; Kinsbourne syndrome; Myoclonus; Myoclonus rating scale; Opsoclonus; Subcortical myoclonus

Indexed keywords

PIRACETAM; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MYOCLONUS; OPSOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ATAXIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PIRACETAM; TREMOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0035200561     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002826-200111000-00007     Document Type: Article

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