Assessment of behavioral and emotional functioning using standardized instruments in children and adolescents with partial-onset seizures treated with adjunctive levetiracetam in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-298

  de la Loge, Christine ^a   Hunter, Scott J ^b   Schiemann, Jimmy ^a   Yang, Haichen ^a  

^a UCB PHARMA   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Behavioral functioning; Child Behavior Checklist; Child Health Questionnaire Parent Form 50; Children; Emotional functioning; Epilepsy; Levetiracetam

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PLACEBO; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PIRACETAM;

ACHENBACH CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE PARENT FORM 50; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARTIAL ONSET SEIZURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHECKLIST; COMPLICATION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PIRACETAM; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77954383071     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.04.017     Document Type: Article

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