Visual fields at school-age in children treated with vigabatrin in infancy

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-216

  Gaily, Eija ^a   Jonsson, Henna ^a   Lappi, Marjatta ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Infant; Infantile spasms; Vigabatrin; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PERIMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPASMS, INFANTILE; VIGABATRIN; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 58849138315     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01961.x     Document Type: Article

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