Side effects and mortality associated with use of phenytoin for early posttraumatic seizure prophylaxis

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 588-592

  Haltiner, Alan M ^a,b   Newell, David W ^a   Temkin, Nancy R ^a   Dikmen, Sureyya S ^a   Winn, H Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Early posttraumatic seizure; Head injury; Phenytoin; Seizure; Side effect

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY;

EID: 0033500760     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.4.0588     Document Type: Article

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