Valproic acid therapy inducing absence status evolving into generalized seizures

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 402-404

  Shahar, Eli ^a   Andraus, Jameel ^a   Sagie Lerman, Tally ^b   Savitzki, David ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; CATALEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0036280358     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(01)00413-1     Document Type: Article

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