A survey of lamotrigine and vigabatrin treatment in children with severe epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 479-483

  Schapel, Graham J ^a,b   Wallace, Sheila J ^a   Gordon, Gillian S ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b North Coast Neurology Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Lamotrigine; Severe epilepsy; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE CONTROL; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0031428884     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(97)80024-6     Document Type: Article

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