Identification and treatment of acute repetitive seizures in children and adults

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 249-255

  Cereghino, James J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PLACEBO; VALPROIC ACID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVULSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG COST; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447506072     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-007-0011-8     Document Type: Review

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