Monotherapy clinical trials of new antiepileptic drugs: Design, indications, and controversies

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 9, 1997, Pages

  Chadwick, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Clinical trials; Licensing; Monotherapy; Placebo controls

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0030696103     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb05199.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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