Efficacy and safety of levetiracetam: An add-on trial in children with refractory epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 248-253

  Grosso, S ^a   Franzoni, E ^b   Coppola, G ^c   Iannetti, P ^d   Verrotti, A ^e   Cordelli, D M ^a   Marchiani, V ^b   Pascotto, A ^c   Spalice, A ^d   Acampora, B ^d   Morgese, G ^a   Balestri, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug; Drug resistant epilepsy; Epilepsy syndromes; Levetiracetam

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CHOREOATHETOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVOUSNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PIRACETAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21044451709     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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