Cerebellar atrophy in patients with long-term phenytoin exposure and epilepsy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 767-771

  Ney, Gershon C ^a   Lantos, George ^a   Barr, William B ^a   Schaul, Neil ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; MESUXIMIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PHENYTOIN;

EID: 0027930824     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1994.00540200043014     Document Type: Article

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