Phenytoin desensitization in a child with symptomatic localization-related epilepsy

Brain and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-123

  Itomi, Seiko ^a,b,c   Okumura, Akihisa ^a,b,c   Ikuta, Taketo ^a,b,c   Negoro, Tamiko ^a,b,c   Watanabe, Kazuyoshi ^a,b,c  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desensitization; Hypersensitivity; Phenytoin

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; ZONISAMIDE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; SOMNOLENCE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE;

EID: 33846548034     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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