Levetiracetam for treatment of neonatal seizures

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 465-470

  Abend, Nicholas S ^a,b   Gutierrez Colina, Ana M ^a   Monk, Heather M ^a   Dlugos, Dennis J ^a,b   Clancy, Robert R ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anticonvulsant; levetiracetam; neonatal seizures; status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEONATAL SEIZURE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; PIRACETAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952854137     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073810384263     Document Type: Article

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