Valproate reduces spontaneous generalized spikes and waves but not photoparoxysmal reactions in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsies

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1297-1302

  Muhle, Hiltrud ^a   Ettle, Esther ^a   Boor, Rainer ^a,b   Stephani, Ulrich ^a   Siniatchkin, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Northern German Epilepsy Centre for Children and Adolescents   (Germany)

Author keywords

Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Photoparoxysmal reaction; Valproate effect; Valproate therapy

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIKE; SPIKE WAVE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEIZURES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 79959942858     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03058.x     Document Type: Article

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