Anticonvulsant treatment for psychiatric and seizure indications among youths

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 681-685

  Zito, Julie Magno ^a,b   Safer, Daniel J ^c   Gardner, James F ^a   Soeken, Karen ^d   Ryu, Jae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; GABAPENTIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; DRUG INDICATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; RACE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE;

EID: 33646444094     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2006.57.5.681     Document Type: Article

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