Drug treatment failures and effectivity in children with newly diagnosed epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 553-557

  Arhan, Ebru ^a   Serdaroglu, Ayse ^a   Kurt, Ayse Nese Citak ^a   Aslanyavrusu, Memet ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Effectivity; Epilepsy; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHILD; CRYPTOGENIC EPILEPSY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCREASED APPETITE; INFANTILE SPASM; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOOD CHANGE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NAUSEA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 77958022158     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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