Review on phytotherapy in epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 96-107

  Nsour, W M ^a   Lau, C B S ^a,b   Wong, I C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Antiepileptic; Epilepsy; Herbal medicine; Plant

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VIGABATRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHINESE HERB; EPILEPSY; HERBAL MEDICINE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034163166     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.1999.0378     Document Type: Article

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