Refractory epilepsy: Treatment with new antiepileptic drugs

Seizure

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-57

  Datta, P K ^a   Crawford, P M ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Lamotrigine; Refractory localization related epilepsy; Tiagabine; Topiramate; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIPLOPIA; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0033981216     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.1999.0348     Document Type: Article

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