Monotherapy trials in antiepileptic drugs: Are modified "presurgical studies" a way out of the dilemma?

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-5

  Bien, Christian G ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Controlled clinical trials; Medical ethics

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; GANAXOLONE; LORAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICINE; MONOTHERAPY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TITRIMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035092655     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(01)00185-1     Document Type: Editorial

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