Levetiracetam-associated aggravation of myoclonic seizure in children

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 807-809

  Liu, Yong Hong ^a   Wang, Xiao Li ^a   Deng, Yan Chun ^a   Zhao, Gang ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Levetiracetam; Myoclonic seizure; Seizure aggravation

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLONIC SEIZURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIKE WAVE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; HUMANS; MALE; PIRACETAM;

EID: 84867862415     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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