Pharmacological outcomes in newly diagnosed epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 382-387

  Mohanraj, Rajiv ^a   Brodie, Martin J ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Response; Side effects; Treatment

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MOOD DISORDER; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRESCRIPTION; REMISSION; SOMNOLENCE; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 16344361925     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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