Long-term experience with topiramate as adjunctive therapy and as monotherapy in patients with partial onset seizures: Retrospective survey of open-label treatment

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Rosenfeld, W E ^a,e   Sachdeo, R C ^b   Faught, R E ^c   Privitera, M ^d  

^a St Luke's Hospital   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e South 610N ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Drug therapy; Drug toxicity; Topiramate

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030896790     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb04516.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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