Influence of major antiepileptic drugs on attention, reaction time, and speed of information processing: Results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled withdrawal study of seizure-free epilepsy patients receiving monotherapy

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2038-2045

  Hessen, Erik ^a   Lossius, Morten I ^a,b   Reinvang, Ivar ^c   Gjerstad, Leif ^c  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

AED; Antiepileptic drugs; CalCAP; Carbamazepine; Cognitive side effects; Valproate

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SEIZURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTENTION; CARBAMAZEPINE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 33845610181     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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