Mozart K.448 listening decreased seizure recurrence and epileptiform discharges in children with first unprovoked seizures: A randomized controlled study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lin, Lung Chang ^a,b   Lee, Mei Wen ^c   Wei, Ruey Chang ^c   Mok, Hin Kiu ^c   Yang, Rei Cheng ^b,d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Epileptiform discharges; First unprovoked seizure; Mozart K.448; Music therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEIZURES; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; RECURRENCE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892403306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-17     Document Type: Article

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