Levetiracetam in Continuous Spike Waves During Slow-Wave Sleep Syndrome

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-90

  Wang, Shi Bing ^a   Weng, Wen Chin ^a   Fan, Pi Chuan ^a   Lee, Wang Tso ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

AGYRIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORENCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PIRACETAM; SEIZURES; SLEEP;

EID: 47049086184     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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