Oxcarbazepine in a monotherapy trial for partial seizures-Placebo-controlled studies in neurology: Where do they stop?

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2212-

  Cramer, Joyce A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; OXCARBAZEPINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033544517     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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