Hypersomnia in an epilepsy patient treated with levetiracetam

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 588-589

  Khatami, Ramin ^a   Siegel, Adrian M ^a   Bassetti, Claudio L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LAMOTRIGINE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

ACTIMETRY; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PIRACETAM;

EID: 16344371646     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.49104.x     Document Type: Article

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