Levetiracetam: Safety and efficacy in neonatal seizures

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Ramantani, Georgia ^a,b   Ikonomidou, Chrysanthy ^a,c   Walter, Beate ^a   Rating, Dietz ^d   Dinger, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Levetiracetam; Newborn; Phenobarbital; Prematurity; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PYRIDOXINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PIRACETAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 78651378781     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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