Role of new and established antiepileptic drugs

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL. 5, 1998, Pages 2-6

  Leppik, Ilo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESEARCH; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FRUCTOSE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; TERATOGENS; TRIAZINES; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 0031716486     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb05141.x     Document Type: Article

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