The effect of levetiracetam on focal nocturnal epileptiform activity during sleep - A placebo-controlled double-blind cross-over study

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-48

  Larsson, Pål Gunnar ^a   Bakke, Kristin A ^a   Bjørnæs, Helge ^a   Heminghyt, Einar ^a   Rytter, Elisif ^a   Brager Larsen, Line ^b   Eriksson, Ann Sofie ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Vestre Viken Hospital Thrust   (Norway)

Author keywords

ADHD; Autism spectrum disorder; Cognitive impairment; Continuous Spike Wave during Slow Sleep (CSWS); EEG; Electric Status Epilepticus during Sleep (ESES); Landau Kleffner syndrome; Levetiracetam; Spike index

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP ELECTRIC EPILEPTIC STATE; SPIKE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PIRACETAM; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860687035     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.02.024     Document Type: Article

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