Reversible language regression as an adverse effect of topiramate treatment in children

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 299-300

  Gross Tsur, Varda ^a   Shalev, Ruth S ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; TOPIRAMATE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0842325642     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000103285.85821.B3     Document Type: Article

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