Growth hormone levels in children and adolescents with epilepsy

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 508-512

  El Khayat, Hamed A ^a   Aly, Gamal S ^b   Tomoum, Hoda Y ^a   Mamdouh, Rasha M ^a   Al Badani, Abdelmalik K ^a   Mohamed, Essam I ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Epilepsy; Growth hormone; Insulin growth factor I

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; GROWTH HORMONE; LEVODOPA; SOMATOMEDIN C; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 78049280942     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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