Treatment of epilepsy in general hospitals: Do patients and neurologists agree on success or failure?

Seizure

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 523-528

  Aldenkamp, Albert P ^a,b,c   Van Donselaar, C ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AEDs; Epilepsy; Side effects; Tolerability; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EDUCATION; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEMORY DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SOMNOLENCE; SPEECH DISORDER; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; VERTIGO; VISUAL DISORDER; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0344668639     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(03)00097-9     Document Type: Article

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