Multicentre, double-blind, randomised comparison between lamotrigine and carbamazepine in elderly patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-87

  Brodie, Martin J ^a   Overstall, Peter W ^b   Giorgi, Luigi ^c  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Drug trial; Efficacy; Elderly; Epilepsy; Lamotrigine; Safety

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SOMNOLENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0032877268     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(99)00039-X     Document Type: Article

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