Limited efficacy of gabapentin in severe therapy-resistant epilepsies of learning-disabled patientsn

Seizure

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 602-603

  Huber, Bernd ^a   Tomka Hoffmeister, Maria ^a  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Gabapentin; Learning disability

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPHASIA; EDEMA; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0344237168     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(03)00101-8     Document Type: Article

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