Assessment of Seizure Severity with Adjunctive Lamotrigine Therapy: Results from a U.S. Observational Study

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 152-157

  Bryant Comstock, Lynda ^a   Scott Lennox, Jane ^b   Lennox, Richard ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b Piedmont Research Institute Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Seizure severity; outcome measures; lamotrigine; epilepsy; antiepileptic therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008644712     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2001.0164     Document Type: Article

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