Efficacy of levetiracetam in a patient with Unverricht-Lundborg progressive myoclonic epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1394-1395

  Kinrions, P ^a   Ibrahim, N ^a   Murphy, K ^a   Lehesjoki, A E ^b   Jarvela I ^b   Delanty, Norman ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037461356     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000058755.38892.80     Document Type: Article

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