Systematic testing of medical intractability for carbamazepine, phenytoin, and phenobarbital or primidone in monotherapy for patients considered for epilepsy surgery

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 675-679

  Hermanns, Guido ^a   Noachtar, Soheyl ^b   Tuxhorn, Ingrid ^a   Holthausen, Hans ^a   Ebner, Alois ^a   Wolf, Peter ^a  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Epilepsy surgery; Intractable epilepsy; Pharmacotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030014555     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00632.x     Document Type: Article

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