Neurocognitive effects of phenobarbital discontinuation in epileptic children

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-148

  Hassan Tonekaboni, Seyed ^a,b   Beyraghi, Narguess ^a,c   Sahar Tahbaz, Hosseinzadeh ^d   Abdolmajid Bahreynian, Seyed ^a,c   Aghamohammadpoor, Mehran ^a,b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Drug withdrawal; Epilepsy; Phenobarbital; Wechsler

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SEIZURE; STUDENT T TEST; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; COGNITION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PHENOBARBITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 30844439436     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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