Occlusive patch therapy for reduction of seizures in dravet syndrome

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 876-878

  Choi, Catherine ^a   Khuddus, Nausheen ^a   Mickler, Casey ^a   Tuli, Sanjeev ^a   Tuli, Sonal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPTIC STATE; EYE PATCH THERAPY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NYSTAGMUS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; VISUAL ACUITY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; SYNDROME;

EID: 80052542259     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922810384726     Document Type: Article

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