Psychiatric adverse events during levetiracetam therapy

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 704-706

  Mula, M ^b   Trimble, M R ^a   Yuen, A ^b   Liu, R S N ^b   Sander, J W A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0042836602     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000078031.32904.0D     Document Type: Article

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