Hypohidrosis and hyperthermia during topiramate treatment in children

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 515-518

  Incecik, Faruk ^a   Ozlem Herguner M ^a   Altunbaşak, Şakir ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Hyperthermia; Hypohidrosis; Topiramate

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ANHIDROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INFANTILE SPASM; LETHARGY; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARILY GENERALIZED SEIZURE; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; HYPOHIDROSIS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; TURKEY;

EID: 84873140457     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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