Neonatal seizures: After all these years we still love what doesn't work

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 776-777

  Sankar, Raman ^a   Painter, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE;

CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NEUROTOXICITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 14644390865     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000157320.78071.6D     Document Type: Editorial

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