The safety and tolerability of intranasal midazolam in epilepsy

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 735-740

  Mula, Marco ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antiepileptic drug; epilepsy; intranasal; midazolam; status epilepticus; treatment

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AMNESIA; COUGHING; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; XEROSTOMIA; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MIDAZOLAM;

EID: 84903131611     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.2014.925398     Document Type: Review

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