Rational conversion from antiepileptic polytherapy to monotherapy

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 125-132

  Baulac, Michel ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Monotherapy; Polytherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATAXIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; MYALGIA; MYOCLONUS; NAUSEA; NYSTAGMUS; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREMOR; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 0345307720     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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