Randomized, controlled trial of high-dose intravenous pyridoxine in the treatment of recurrent seizures in children

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-57

  Jiao, Fu Yong ^a   Gao, De Yi ^b   Takuma, Yuichi ^c   Wu, Sheng ^b   Liu, Zheng Yao ^b   Zhang, Xun Kai ^b   Lieu, Nian Shan ^b   Ge, Zhe Lian ^b   Chui, Wei ^b   Li, Hui Rong ^b   Cao, Ya Min ^b   Bai, Ai Ning ^b   Liu, Sheng Bing ^b  

^a SHAANXI PROVINCIAL PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Second Teaching Hospital   (China)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRIDOXINE;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PHENOBARBITAL; PYRIDOXINE; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18744428938     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(97)00035-0     Document Type: Article

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