Vigabatrin therapy in infantile spasms

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 85, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages

  Kankirawatana, Pongkiat ^a   Raksadawan, Nattee ^a   Balangkura, Kampanad ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Infantile spasm; Outcome; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VIGABATRIN;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG RESPONSE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; IRRITABILITY; LEUKOMALACIA; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PORENCEPHALY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPASMS, INFANTILE; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 0036703027     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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