Long-term tolerability and efficacy of lamotrigine in infants 1 to 24 months old

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 853-861

  Piña Garza, Jesús Eric ^a,g   Elterman, Roy D ^b   Ayala, Ricardo ^c   Corral, Maria ^d   Mikati, Mohamad A ^e   Piña Garza, Mary J ^a   Warnock, Clay R ^f   Conklin, Heather S ^f   Messenheimer, John A ^f  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dallas Pediatric Neurology Associates   (United States)

^c Tallahassee Neurological Clinic   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^f GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^g MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Epilepsy; Lamotrigine; Partial seizures

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CLAVULANATE POTASSIUM; IBUPROFEN; LAMOTRIGINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SALBUTAMOL; VALPROIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES;

EID: 48449093885     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808317348     Document Type: Article

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