Methylphenidate in ADHD and Refractory Epilepsy

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-2-2

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Methylphenidate in ADHD and Refractory Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 28 (2014): Issue 2

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Feb 2014

Abstract

Investigators from Great Ormond Street Hospital, and Institute of Child Health, London, UK, reviewed the case notes of all patients treated with methylphenidate (MPH) for ADHD at an epilepsy center between 1998 and 2005.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-2-2 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 10 - 11

Published on: Feb 1, 2014

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Methylphenidate,

Refractory Epilepsies,

Seizure Control

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 28 (2014): Issue 2