Overall management of patients with Dravet syndrome

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 19-23

  Ceulemans, Berten ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM;

CONVULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955014989     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.03968.x     Document Type: Review

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