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Efficacy and safety of levetiracetam in the management of seizures in neonates

Mostafa Sedighi, Farzaneh Asadi, Nasrin Moradian, Mazyar Vakiliamini and Mohamad Moradian
Neurosciences Journal July 2016, 21 (3) 232-235; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2016.3.20150726
Mostafa Sedighi
From the Department of Neurology (Sedighi, Asadi), the Department of Neonatology (Vakiliamini), Mohamad Kermanshahi Hospital, the Department of Neurology (Moradian N, Moradian M), Imam Reza Hospital, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Islamic Republic of Iran
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From the Department of Neurology (Sedighi, Asadi), the Department of Neonatology (Vakiliamini), Mohamad Kermanshahi Hospital, the Department of Neurology (Moradian N, Moradian M), Imam Reza Hospital, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Islamic Republic of Iran
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From the Department of Neurology (Sedighi, Asadi), the Department of Neonatology (Vakiliamini), Mohamad Kermanshahi Hospital, the Department of Neurology (Moradian N, Moradian M), Imam Reza Hospital, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Islamic Republic of Iran
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vol. 21 no. 3 232-235
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2016.3.20150726
PubMed 
27356654

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1658-3183
History 
  • Received November 25, 2015
  • Accepted March 9, 2016
  • Published online November 13, 2020.

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Copyright: © Neurosciences Neurosciences is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Mostafa Sedighi, MD,
  2. Farzaneh Asadi, MD,
  3. Nasrin Moradian, MD⇑,
  4. Mazyar Vakiliamini, MD and
  5. Mohamad Moradian, MSc
  1. From the Department of Neurology (Sedighi, Asadi), the Department of Neonatology (Vakiliamini), Mohamad Kermanshahi Hospital, the Department of Neurology (Moradian N, Moradian M), Imam Reza Hospital, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Islamic Republic of Iran
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Nasrin Moradian, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Islamic Republic of Iran. E-mail: moradiannasrin60{at}yahoo.com
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