A prospective study of levetiracetam efficacy in epileptic syndromes with continuous spikes-waves during slow sleep

Seizure

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 635-639

  Atkins, Mary ^a   Nikanorova, Marina ^a  

^a DANISH EPILEPSY CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Continuous spike waves; Epilepsy; Levetiracetam; Slow wave sleep

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; SULTIAME; VALPROIC ACID;

ADD ON THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONREM SLEEP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 80052461083     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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