Use of intravenous levetiracetam for management of acute seizures in neonates

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 265-269

  Khan, Owais ^a   Chang, Esther ^a   Cipriani, Cheryl ^a   Wright, Chanin ^a   Crisp, Edwin ^a   Kirmani, Batool ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PYRIDOXINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PIRACETAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952549970     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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