Evaluation of staring episodes in children

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 202-207

  Khan, Arif ^a   Hussain, Nahin ^a   Whitehouse, William P ^b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLOOD TOXICITY; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DAYDREAMING; DREAMING; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MIGRAINE; MONOTHERAPY; PARASOMNIA; PREOCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; STARING; VOMITING;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FANTASY; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84869856355     PISSN: 17430585     EISSN: 17430593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-301111     Document Type: Review

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