Clobazam in the treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1158-1166

  Conry, Joan A ^a   Ng, Yu Tze ^b   Paolicchi, Juliann M ^c   Kernitsky, Lydia ^d   Mitchell, Wendy G ^e   Ritter, Frank J ^f   Collins, Stephen D ^g   Tracy, Katherine ^g   Kormany, William N ^g   Abdulnabi, Radhi ^g   Riley, Bill ^g   Stolle, Julie ^g  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^f Minnesota Epilepsy Group   (United States)

^g LUNDBECK RESEARCH USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Akinetic seizure; Atonic seizure; Catastrophic epilepsy; Childhood epilepsy; Drop seizure

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHOREOATHETOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; COORDINATION DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; HYPOMANIA; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LETHARGY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549123702     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01935.x     Document Type: Article

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