Treatment guidelines for epilepsy

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195-201

  Inoue, Yushi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult epilepsy; Antiepileptic drugs; International classification; Treatment guidelines

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ABSENCE; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS;

EID: 19944400125     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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