Termination of complex partial status epilepticus by intravenous levetiracetam

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 931-933

  Schulze Bonhage, A ^a   Hefft, S ^a   Oehl, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENETURIDE; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; PRIMIDONE; SODIUM; SULTIAME; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PIRACETAM;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SEDATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PHENYTOIN; PIRACETAM; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 67849083168     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.113951     Document Type: Article

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