Teenagers with epilepsy

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-79

  Appleton, Richard E ^a   Neville, Brian G R ^b  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; GABAPENTIN; GESTAGEN; LAMOTRIGINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; CONTRACEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 0033048908     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.81.1.76     Document Type: Review

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