Dramatic effect of lamotrigine in young adults suffering from intractable absences and generalized tonic-clonic seizures since childhood

Journal of Epilepsy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 148-151

  Lerman Sagie, Tally ^a   Lerman, Pinchas ^b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Generalized tonic clonic seizures; Lamotrigine; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; MESUXIMIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; SULTIAME; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0031836956     PISSN: 08966974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6974(97)00133-3     Document Type: Article

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