Special issues in the management of young children, older adults, and the developmentally disabled

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Ramsay, R Eugene ^a   Shields, W Donald ^b   Shinnar, Shlomo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Mental disability

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; BENZODIAZEPINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTISM; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; POLYPHARMACY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; SEIZURES;

EID: 34250679356     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807303253     Document Type: Review

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