Idiopathic generalized epilepsy and choice of antiepileptic drugs

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1793-1795

  Benbadis, Selim R ^a,b,c   Tatum IV, William O ^a   Gieron, Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG CHOICE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0346734155     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000098891.76373.15     Document Type: Review

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