Epilepsy in the teenager

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 232-235

  Appleton, Richard E ^a  

^a Richard E Appleton MB BS DCH MA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescence; care; children; epilepsy; hand over; teenager; transition

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JUVENILE ABSENCE EPILEPSY; JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 64049098480     PISSN: 17517222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paed.2009.02.001     Document Type: Review

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