Randomized trial of vigabatrin in patients with infantile spasms

Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1416-1421

  Elterman, R D ^a   Shields, W D ^b   Mansfield, K A ^a   Nakagawa, J ^b  

^a MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; PREDNISONE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0035940574     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.57.8.1416     Document Type: Article

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