The efficacy of sodium valproate and a MRA finding in confusional migraine

Brain and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 178-181

  Fujita, Mitsue ^a   Fujiwara, Junko ^b   Maki, Takako ^a   Shigeta, Midori ^a   Shibasaki, Kayoko ^a   Takahashi, Nobuyuki ^a   Takahashi, Masahide ^a  

^a Tsukuba Gakuen Hospital   (Japan)

^b Minamitsurugun Fujikawaguchikomachi   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Confusional migraine; EEG; MRA; Sodium valproate

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; PARACETAMOL; SUMATRIPTAN; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CONFUSIONAL MIGRAINE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE AURA; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CONFUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 33846919423     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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