Antiepileptic drug therapy: General treatment principles and application for special patient populations

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 9, 1999, Pages

  Schachter, Steven C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug; Epilepsy; Treatment principles

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032804667     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb02090.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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