Zonisamide in West syndrome: An open label study

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-344

  Yum, Mi Sun ^a   Ko, Tae Sung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

High dose; Hypsarrhythmia; Safety; West syndrome; Zonisamide

Indexed keywords

ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; IRRITABILITY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEST SYNDROME;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; ISOXAZOLES; MALE; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 76749163351     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2009.0283     Document Type: Article

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