Use of levetiracetam in hospitalized patients

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2186-2188

  Falip, Mercè ^a   Carreño, Mar ^a   Amaro, Sergio ^a   Donaire, Antonio ^a   Delgado, Raquel ^a   Toledo, Manuel ^a   Maestro, Iratxe ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hospitalized; Interactions; Levetiracetam; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ETIRACETAM;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE; STROKE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; COMORBIDITY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIRACETAM; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845622922     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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