Acute psychosis associated with levetiracetam

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-119

  Youroukos, Sotiris ^a   Lazopoulou, Despina ^a   Michelakou, Danae ^a   Karagianni, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute psychosis; Childhood epilepsy; Levetiracetam

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PIRACETAM; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0037707699     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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