Retinal nerve fiber layer and macular thickness in adolescents with epilepsy treated with valproate and carbamazepine

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 717-719

  Lobefalo, Lucio ^a   Rapinese, Marcello ^a   Altobelli, Emma ^a   Di Mascio, Raffaella ^a   Lattanzi, Daniela ^a   Gallenga, Pier Enrico ^a   Chiarelli, Francesco ^b   Verrotti, Alberto ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c Policlinico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Epilepsy; Macular thickness; Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness; Valproate

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NERVE FIBER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER; SCHOOL CHILD; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 33645529512     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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