Vitamins, Not Surgery: Spinal Fluid Testing in Hemispheric Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 477-479

  Parikh, Sumit ^a   Hyland, Keith ^b   Lachhwani, Deepak K ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Medical Neurogenetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; FOLINIC ACID; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXINE; TOPIRAMATE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEIZURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUTATION; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; VITAMINS;

EID: 65449152542     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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