Advances in the medical treatment of epilepsy

Annual Review of Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue , 1998, Pages 135-162

  Bazil, Carl W ^a   Pedley, Timothy A ^a  

^a Department of Neurology Comprehensive Epilepsy Center Coll Phys Surgs of Columbia Univ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Epilepsy; Seizure; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; DIAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FELBAMATE; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

DRUG THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

EID: 0031957398     PISSN: 00664219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.med.49.1.135     Document Type: Review

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