Efficacy and Safety of Zonisamide Monotherapy in a Cohort of Children With Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 351-354

  Kothare, Sanjeev V ^a   Kaleyias, Joseph ^a   Mostofi, Navid ^a   Valencia, Ignacio ^a   Melvin, Joseph J ^a   Hobdell, Elizabeth ^a   Khurana, Divya S ^a   Legido, Agustin ^a  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZONISAMIDE;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOXAZOLES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646163672     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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