Safety and efficacy of clobazam versus phenytoin-sodium in the antiepileptic drug treatment of solitary cysticercus granulomas

Neurology India

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-160

  Kaushal, Sandeep ^a   Rani, Asha ^a   Chopra, Sarvesh ^a   Singh, Gagandeep ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Clobazam; Neurocysticercosis; Phenytoin; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; PHENYTOIN;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GINGIVA HYPERTROPHY; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; OPEN STUDY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SKIN ALLERGY; SOMNOLENCE; SUICIDE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PHENYTOIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745761814     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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