Effect of topiramate, in combination with lidocaine, and phenobarbital, in acute encephalitis with refractory repetitive partial seizures

Brain and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 605-611

  Lin, Jainn Jim ^a   Lin, Kuang Lin ^a   Wang, Huei Shyong ^a   Hsia, Shao Hsuan ^a   Wu, Chang Teng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute encephalitis with refractory; Repetitive partial seizures

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL; TOPIRAMATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFRACTORY REPETITIVE PARTIAL SEIZURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHENOBARBITAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651210619     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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