Topiramate for the treatment of intractable childhood epilepsy

Neurosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 233-236

  Hassan, Abeer A ^a   Jan, Mohammed M ^a,b   Shaabat, Ali O ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; TOPIRAMATE;

ADOLESCENT; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0142214700     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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