Management of seizures in the elderly

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 8 II, 2000, Pages

  Rowan, A J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; FOLIC ACID; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIPLOPIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INCIDENCE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RASH; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0033868797     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.20.12.178s.35251     Document Type: Conference Paper

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