Treatment of electrical status epilepticus during slow-wave sleep with high-dose corticosteroid

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-67

  Okuyaz, Çetin ^a,d   Aydin, Kürşad ^c   Gücüyener, Kivilcim ^b   Serdaroǧlu, Ayşe ^b  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Adnan Menderes Bulv Barbaros M   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLOBAZAM; CORTICOSTEROID; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADD ON THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SLEEP; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 10944274160     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2004.06.020     Document Type: Article

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