Epilepsy Case Studies

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 291-307

  Faught, Edward ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; GABATRIL; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; ZONISAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; EVALUATION; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33746233572     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2006.01.001     Document Type: Review

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