EEG and seizure exacerbation induced by carbamazepine in Panayiotopoulos syndrome

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-56

  Kikumoto, Kenichi ^a,b   Yoshinaga, Harumi ^a   Oka, Makio ^a   Ito, Minako ^a   Endoh, Fumika ^a   Akiyama, Tomoyuki ^a   Ohtsuka, Yoko ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absence; Benign partial epilepsy; Carbamazepine; Panayiotopoulos syndrome; Seizure exacerbation

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PANAYIOTOPOULOS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES; SYNDROME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 33645767894     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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