Epileptic seizures and vardenafil;Crise d'épilepsie et vardenafil

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 651-652

  Koussa, S ^a   Chahine, S Hage ^a   Tohme A ^a   Riachi, M ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Phosphodiesterase inhibitors; Vardenafil

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL; VARDENAFIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MECHANISM; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURE;

EID: 33646729480     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-3787(06)75062-7     Document Type: Article

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