Refractory focal epilepsy in a patient with methylmalonic aciduria: Case report on positive and long-lasting effect of rufinamide

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 71-73

  Von Stulpnagel C ^a   Leichsenring, M ^b   Muller A ^a   Staudt, M ^a,c   Kluger, G ^a  

^a Hospital for Neuropediatrics and Neurological Rehabilitation   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

anticonvulsive therapy; methylmalonic aciduria; rufinamide

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; LACTIC ACID; OXCARBAZEPINE; RUFINAMIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; APATHY; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMA; DEHYDRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METHYLMALONIC ACIDURIA; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SOMNOLENCE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 79959803661     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: 14391899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1277177     Document Type: Article

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