Open comparative long-term study of vigabatrin vs carbamazepine in newly diagnosed partial seizures in children

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 605-607

  Zamponi, Nelia ^a   Cardinali, Cesare ^a  

^a Ospedale Pediatrico G Salesi   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; VIGABATRIN;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 0032941898     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.5.605     Document Type: Article

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