Midazolam in treatment of various types of seizures in children

Brain and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 571-572

  Yakinci, Cengiz ^a   Müngen, Bülent ^b   Şahin, Sabit ^a   Karabiber, Hamza ^a   Durmaz, Yaşar ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Convulsion; Midazolam

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344542708     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(97)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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