Treatment of refractory tonic status epilepticus with intravenous lacosamide

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 761-762

  Jain, Vivek ^a   Harvey, A Simon ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; HARKOSERIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

CHOREA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LETTER; LONG QT SYNDROME; MYOCLONIC ATONIC EPILEPSY; OCULOGYRIC CRISIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACETAMIDES; ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84859331003     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03419.x     Document Type: Letter

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