Zonisamide for West syndrome: A comparison of clinical responses among different titration rate

Brain and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 286-290

  Yanagaki, Shigeru ^a,b   Oguni, Hirokazu ^a   Yoshii, Keisuke ^a   Hayashi, Kitami ^a   Imai, Kaoru ^a   Funatsuka, Makoto ^a   Osawa, Makiko ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Takaido Child Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fast titration; Pharmacokinetics; Treatment protocol; West syndrome; Zonisamide

Indexed keywords

ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE SPASM; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEST SYNDROME;

EID: 18044394582     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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