Acute Seizure-Related Hospitalizations in Children with Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 318-323

  Kwong, Karen L ^a   Ting, Yan W ^a   Wong, Sik N ^a   So, Kwan T ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOTROPIN; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248193400     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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