A randomized study of carbamazepine versus no medication after a first unprovoked seizure in childhood

Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 851-852

  Camfield, P ^a   Camfield, C ^a   Dooley, J ^a   Smith, E ^a   Garner, B ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES; SLEEP STAGES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024334778     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.39.6.851     Document Type: Article

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