Practice advisory: The use of felbamate in the treatment of patients with intractable epilepsy: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1540-1545

  French, J ^a   Smith, M ^a   Faught, E ^a   Brown, L ^a  

^a AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELBAMATE;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LIVER FAILURE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033549029     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.8.1540     Document Type: Article

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