Diazepam Sensitivity and Intractable Seizures

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-1-5-3

Diazepam Sensitivity and Intractable Seizures

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 1 (1987): Issue 5

By: J Gordon Millichap

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|Oct 1987

Abstract

The benzodiazepine sensitivity test, an intravenous bolus of diazepam (0.2 mg/kg) under EEG control, was used in 40 children with intractable seizure disorders treated in the Paediatric Neurology Service and the Dept Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-1-5-3 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 32 - 33

Published on: Oct 1, 1987

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Clinical Neurophysiology,

Atypical Absences,

Seizure Disorder

© 1987 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 1 (1987): Issue 5