Early enteral levetiracetam in diazepam-resistant convulsive status epilepticus
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Use of diazepam in treatment of severe convulsive status epilepticus.
Quantitative determination of the cells excreted in the urine has until recently been regarded as a cumbersome and timeconsuming procedure (Lancet, 1961). Houghton and Pears (1957) attempted to simplify the technique, and McGeachie and Kennedy (1963) described a method of semi-quantitative cell counting which was suitable for routine use yet was much more accurate than the ordinary wet-film tec...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2049-4173
DOI: 10.1111/ncn3.12078