Hypohidrosis During Topiramate Treatment:A Rare and Reversible Side Effect

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 392-394

  Cerminara, Caterina ^a   Seri, Stefano ^a   Bombardieri, Roberta ^a   Pinci, Mariangela ^a   Curatolo, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; ISOENZYME; TOPIRAMATE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FRUCTOSE;

ANHIDROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRY SKIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; IRRITABILITY; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SWEAT GLAND; SWEAT TEST; SWEATING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; HYPOHIDROSIS; SWEATING;

EID: 33745625703     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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