Efficacy of levetiracetam in children with epilepsy younger than 2 years of age

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 582-584

  Krief, Patricia ^a   Kan, Li ^a   Maytal, Joseph ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Levetiracetam

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOTROPIN; ETIRACETAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED SEIZURE; MONOTHERAPY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG EVALUATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PIRACETAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42449127132     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807309781     Document Type: Article

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