Pharmacological outcomes in people with mental retardation and epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-71

  Kelly, Kevin ^a   Stephen, Linda J ^a   Brodie, Martin J ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Death; Epilepsy; Mental retardation; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM; TOPIRAMATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BRAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542378046     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2003.10.016     Document Type: Article

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