An audit of the new antiepileptic drugs in clinical neurological practice

Seizure

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-130

  McDonnell, G V ^a   Morrow, J I ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy clinics; Gabapentin; Lamotrigine; Refractory epilepsy; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETIC ACIDS; ADULT; AMINES; ANTICONVULSANTS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 0030161784     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(96)80106-3     Document Type: Article

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