A comparison of four new antiepileptic medications

Seizure

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 291-293

  Collins, Theresa L ^a   Petroff, Ognen A C ^a   Mattson, Richard H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptics; Comparison; Epilepsy; Seizures; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; TOPIRAMATE; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL RATE; THOUGHT DISORDER; VERTIGO; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033919311     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.2000.0403     Document Type: Article

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