Rufinamide as an adjuvant treatment in children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 288-291

  Kim, Shin Hye ^a   Eun, So Hee ^b   Kang, Hoon Chul ^a   Kwon, Eun Ji ^a   Byeon, Jung Hye ^b   Lee, Young Mock ^c   Lee, Joon Soo ^a   Eun, Baik Lin ^b   Kim, Heung Dong ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Child; Lennox Gastaut syndrome; Rufinamide

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; RUFINAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84862830722     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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