Efficacy and Tolerability of Intravenous Levetiracetam in Childrens
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Efficacy and Tolerability of Intravenous Levetiracetam in Children
Intractable epilepsy in children poses a serious medical challenge. Acute repetitive seizures and status epilepticus leads to frequent emergency room visits and hospital admissions. Delay of treatment may lead to resistance to the first-line anticonvulsant therapies. It has been shown that these children continue to remain intractable even after acute seizure management with approved Food and D...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Neurology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1664-2295
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2013.00120