Levetiracetam vs. sulthiame in benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes in childhood: A double-blinded, randomized, controlled trial (German HEAD Study)

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 507-514

  Borggraefe, Ingo ^a   Bonfert, Michaela ^a   Bast, Thomas ^b   Neubauer, Bernd Axel ^c   Schotten, Klaus Juergen ^a   Maßmann, Kai ^a   Noachtar, Soheyl ^a   Tuxhorn, Ingrid ^d   May, Theodor W ^e   Heinen, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Epilepsy Center Kork   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Society for Epilepsy Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

BECTS; Levetiracetam; Sulthiame

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; SULTIAME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGGRESSION; ALOPECIA; AMNESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BODY WEIGHT; BONE PAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIPLOPIA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRY SKIN; DYSPNEA; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVITIS; HEADACHE; HICCUP; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; IRRITABILITY; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESSNESS; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DEFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREMOR; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

BECTS; LEVETIRACETAM; SULTHIAME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PIRACETAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; THIAZINES; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881318039     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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