Clinical effectiveness of lamotrigine and plasma levels in essential and symptomatic trigeminal neuralgia

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1714-1717

  Lunardi, Gianluigi ^b   Leandri, Massimo ^a   Albano, Claudio ^b   Cultrera, Serena ^b   Fracassi, Maurizio ^b   Rubino, Vitantonio ^b   Favale, Emilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 0030807106     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.6.1714     Document Type: Article

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