A randomized, double-blind study of phenytoin for the prevention of post-traumatic seizures

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 323, Issue 8, 1990, Pages 497-502

  Temkin, Nancy R ^a   Dikmen, Sureyya S ^a   Wilensky, Alan J ^a   Keihm, Jane ^a   Chabal, Sharon ^a   Winn, H Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPILEPSY, POST-TRAUMATIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; PHENYTOIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0024991892     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199008233230801     Document Type: Article

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