Randomised comparative monotherapy trial of phenobarbitone, phenytoin, carbamazepine, or sodium valproate for newly diagnosed childhood epilepsy

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9003, 1996, Pages 709-713

  De Silva, M ^a   MacArdle, B ^a   McGowan, M ^a   Hughes, E ^a,b,c   Stewart, J ^a   Neville, B G R ^b,c   Johnson, A L ^d   Reynolds, E H ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD DYSCRASIA; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; REMISSION; SIDE EFFECT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

EID: 0029960040     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90074-4     Document Type: Article

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