Carbamazepine versus sulthiame in treating benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 914-916

  Kramer, Uri ^a   Shahar, Eli ^b   Zelnik, Nathanel ^c   Lerman Sagie, Tally ^d   Watemberg, Nathan ^d   Nevo, Yoram ^a   Ben Zeev, Bruria ^e  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; GABAPENTIN; SULTIAME; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPENIA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; SPIKE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036998241     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738020170123004     Document Type: Article

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