Levetiracetam in the treatment of infantile spasms

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-22

  Lawlor, Katherine M ^a   Devlin, Anita M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infantile spasms; Levetiracetam

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; PHENOBARBITAL; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD CARE; CHORION; DISEASE CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; INGUINAL HERNIA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SEIZURE; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PIRACETAM; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 13444254419     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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