Topiramate efficacy in an infant with partial seizures refractory to conventional antiepileptic drugs

Seizure

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 241-243

  Veggiotti, Pierangelo ^a   Longaretti, Francesca ^a   Signorini, Sabrina ^a   Cardinali, Simonetta ^a   Lanzi, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug resistant; Efficacy; Infancy; Partial seizures; Topiramate

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PYRIDOXINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DROWSINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PALLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 2342612713     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(03)00183-3     Document Type: Article

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