Treatment of seizures in acute intermittent porphyria: Safety and efficacy of gabapentin

Seizure

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 415-416

  Zadra, Marco ^a   Grandi, Roberto ^a   Erli, Luigi Carlo ^a   Mirabile, Dario ^a   Brambilla, Antonio ^a  

^a BOLOGNINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute intermittent porphyria; Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Gabapentin

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GABAPENTIN;

ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0031768081     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(05)80013-5     Document Type: Article

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