Reflections on the treatment of seizures in the elderly population

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5 SUPPL. 4, 1998, Pages

  Rowan, A James ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0031768917     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.51.5_suppl_4.s28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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