Adolescents and epilepsy: Hormonal aspects;L'adolescente epilettico: Aspetti ormonali

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 417-428

  Verrotti, A ^a   Manco, R ^a   Scardapane, A ^a   Chiarelli, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Epilepsy; Hormones

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CARBAMAZEPINE; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOLACTONE; TESTOSTERONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PETIT MAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBERTY; REVIEW; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; EPILEPSY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; PROGESTERONE; PUBERTY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 47249088655     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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