Intravenous levetiracetam in acute repetitive seizures and status epilepticus in children: Experience from a children's hospital

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 529-534

  McTague, A ^a,b   Kneen, R ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Spinty, S ^a   Appleton, R ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute repetitive seizures; Anti convulsant; Anti epileptic; Levetiracetam; Non convulsive status epilepticus; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM;

ACUTE REPETITIVE SEIZURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PIRACETAM; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84863986754     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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