Sulthiame treatment for patients with intractable epilepsy

No To Hattatsu

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-20

  Miyajima, Tomoko ^a   Kumada, Tomohiro ^a   Kimura, Nobusuke ^a   Mikuni, Takayasu ^a   Fujii, Tatsuya ^a  

^a Medical Center for Children Shiga   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; SULTIAME; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENURESIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; THIAZINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62449239392     PISSN: 00290831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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