Hair loss with levetiracetam in five patients with epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 158-160

  Zou, Xuemei ^a   Hong, Zhen ^a   Zhou, Dong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hair loss; Levetiracetam

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DERMATOLOGIST; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EPILEPSY; HAIR LOSS; LEVETIRACETAM;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTRICHOSIS; MALE; PIRACETAM; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892873855     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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