Options after the first antiepileptic drug has failed

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 6, 1999, Pages s9-s12

  Elger, Christian E ^a,b   Fernández, Guillén ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Klinik fur Epileptologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Add on therapy; Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Seizure control

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; APLASTIC ANEMIA; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TITRIMETRY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032821534     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00926.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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