Electrolyte therapy for refractory seizures in familial dysautonomia

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1461-1462

  Ochoa, Juan G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Day; EEG; Electrolytes; Familial dysautonomia; Riley; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; TOPIRAMATE;

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREAL; DYSAUTONOMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBOHYDRATES; CITRATES; COMORBIDITY; DYSAUTONOMIA, FAMILIAL; ELECTROLYTES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; ORYZA SATIVA; POTASSIUM; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS; SODIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7944222174     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.54403.x     Document Type: Article

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