Zonisamide monotherapy in a multi-group clinic

Seizure

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 223-225

  Newmark, Michael E ^a   Dubinsky, Stephanie ^b  

^a Kelsey Seybold Clinic   (United States)

^b Kelsey Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Monotherapy; Zonisamide

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ZONISAMIDE;

ABSENCE; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEMORY DISORDER; MONOTHERAPY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342494387     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(03)00150-X     Document Type: Article

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