Valproate in children with newly diagnosed idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 149-153

  Holland, K D ^a   Monahan, S ^a   Morita, D ^a   Vartzelis, G ^a   Glauser, T A ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Child neurology; Epilepsy; Neuropharmacology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BODY MASS; CHILD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROTOXICITY; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 76249108679     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01308.x     Document Type: Article

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