Antiepileptic drugs for the elderly: Using the old to focus on the new

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1834-1835

  French, Jacqueline A ^a   Chadwick, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCREENING; SEIZURE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20444391628     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.64.11.1834     Document Type: Editorial

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