Intravenous levetiracetam terminates refractory status epilepticus in two patients with migrating partial seizures in infancy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-71

  Cilio, Maria Roberta ^a   Bianchi, Roberto ^a   Balestri, Martina ^a   Onofri, Alfredo ^a   Giovannini, Simona ^b   Di Capua, Matteo ^a   Vigevano, Federico ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

EEG; Infancy; Levetiracetam; Migrating seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BIOTIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CREATININE; ETIRACETAM; FOLINIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; LIVER ENZYME; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; POTASSIUM BROMIDE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXINE; THIOPENTAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MIGRATING PARTIAL SEIZURE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; VIDEORECORDING;

AMMONIA; ANTICONVULSANTS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CREATINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, PARTIAL, SENSORY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LACTIC ACID; LIVER; MALE; PIRACETAM; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 68749115013     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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