Results of a Nationwide Veterans Administration Cooperative Study Comparing the Efficacy and Toxicity of Carbamazepine, Phenobarbital, Phenytoin, and Primidone

Epilepsia

Volumn 28, Issue , 1987, Pages S50-S58

  Smith, Dennis B ^a   Mattson, Richard H ^b   Cramer, Joyce A ^d   Collins, Joseph F ^c   Novelly, Robert A ^d   Craft, Bruce ^d  

^a LEGACY GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Veterans Administration Hospital ^*  (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants ; Carbamazepine ; Controlled clinical trials ; Drug induced abnormalities ; Key Words: Epilepsy Seizures ; Phenobarbital ; Phenytoin ; Primidone; Therapy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; BEHAVIOR; DRUG TOXICITY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADULT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0023621555     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1987.tb05778.x     Document Type: Article

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