Efficacy of Potassium Bromide (As an Out-of-Date Drug) in Epilepsia Partialis Continua: A Brief Report

authors:

avatar Reza Shervin Badv 1 , avatar Sara Memarian ORCID 2 , avatar Hossein Farshad Moghaddam 2 , avatar Behdad Gharib 2 , * , avatar Bahram Yarali ORCID 2 , avatar Houman Alizadeh 2 , 3 , avatar Morteza Heidari ORCID 1 , 4

Department of Pediatrics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Children’s Medical Center, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Tehran, Iran
Department of Radiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Department of Pediatrics, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
Iranian Journal of Pediatrics: Vol.26, issue 6; e5728
published online: November 2, 2016
article type: Letter
received: April 8, 2016
revised: May 26, 2016
accepted: October 13, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp.5728

how to cite: Shervin Badv R, Memarian S, Farshad Moghaddam H, Gharib B, Yarali B, et al. Efficacy of Potassium Bromide (As an Out-of-Date Drug) in Epilepsia Partialis Continua: A Brief Report. Iran J Pediatr. 2016;26(6):e5728. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp.5728.

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