Effect of lamotrigine on cognition in children with epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1495-1499

  Pressler, R M ^a,c   Binnie, C D ^a   Coleshill, S G ^a   Chorley, G A ^a   Robinson, R O ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; PLACEBO; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION; BEHAVIOR; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES;

EID: 33745394411     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000216273.94142.84     Document Type: Article

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