Efficacy and safety of ketamine in refractory status epilepticus in children

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 2355-2358

  Rosati, Anna ^a   L'Erario, Manuela ^b   Ilvento, Lucrezia ^a   Cecchi, Costanza ^b   Pisano, Tiziana ^a   Mirabile, Lorenzo ^b   Guerrini, Renzo ^a  

^a Operative Unit of Neurology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; KETAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; NITRAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; RUFINAMIDE; STIRIPENTOL; THIOPENTAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84871267087     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318278b685     Document Type: Article

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