Intravenous Levetiracetam in Children With Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-180

  Goraya, Jatinder S ^a   Khurana, Divya S ^a   Valencia, Ignacio ^a   Melvin, Joseph J ^a   Cruz, Marcos ^a   Legido, Agustin ^a   Kothare, Sanjeev V ^a  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; PIRACETAM;

EID: 38949184571     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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