Observations on juvenile myoclonic epilepsy amongst ethnic Bengalees in West Bengal-An Eastern Indian State

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-141

  Chakravarty, A ^a   Mukherjee, A ^a   Roy, D ^a  

^a VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical heterogeneity; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Polycystic Ovarian Disease; Sodium Valproate; Valproate teratogenicity

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; FOLIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADD ON THERAPY; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOTHERAPY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; TERATOGENICITY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 33846794378     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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