A randomized open-label study of gabapentin and lamotrigine in adults with learning disability and resistant epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 107-115

  Crawford, P ^a   Brown, S ^d   Kerr, M ^b   Parke Davis Clinical Trials Group, ^c  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Welsh Ctr for Learning Disabilities   (United Kingdom)

^c Parke Davis   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Gabapentin; Lamotrigine; Learning disabilities; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEALTH; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 0035014071     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.2000.0474     Document Type: Article

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