Use of levetiracetam in treating epilepsy associated with other medical conditions

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 82-86

  Di Bonaventura, C ^a   Mari, F ^a   Fattouch, J ^a   Egeo, G ^a   Vaudano, A E ^a   Manfredi, M ^a,b   Prencipe, M ^a   Giallonardo, A T ^a  

^a Department of Neurological Sciences ^*  (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Epilepsy; Levetiracetam

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SKIN DISEASE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIRACETAM; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645276283     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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