Therapeutic strategies in the choice of antiepileptic drugs

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 6-10

  De Borchgrave, V ^a   Delvaux, V ^a   De Tourchaninoff, M ^a   Dubru, J M ^a   Ghariani, S ^a   Grisar, Th ^a   Legros, B ^a   Ossemann, M ^a   Sadzot, B ^a   Tugendhaft, P ^a   Van Bogaert, P ^a   Van Rijckevorsel, K ^a  

^a Centre Neurologique William Lennox   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Idiopathic generalised epilepsies; New antiepileptic drugs; Partial epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ABSENCE; AGE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENDER; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; REIMBURSEMENT; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL DISORDER; CHILD; DECISION TREE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG TOLERANCE; ECONOMICS; EPILEPSY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DECISION TREES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035987861     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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