Efficacy and tolerability of zonisamide in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 267-270

  Kothare, Sanjeev V ^a   Valencia, Ignacio ^a   Khurana, Divya S ^a   Hardison, Huntley ^a   Melvin, Joseph J ^a   Legido, Agustin ^a  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Treatment; Zonisamide

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; OPEN STUDY; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOXAZOLES; MALE; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 11844289523     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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