Midazolam in neonatal seizures with no response to phenobarbital

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 876-879

  Castro Conde, J R ^a,b   Hernandez Borges A A ^a,b   Domenech Martinez E ^a,b   Gonzalez Campo C ^a   Perera Soler, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14644410361     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000152891.58694.71     Document Type: Article

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