Side effects of phenobarbital and carbamazepine in childhood epilepsy: Randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7605, 2007, Pages 1207-1210

  Banu, Selina H ^a   Jahan, Moshrat ^a   Koli, Umme Kulsum ^a   Ferdousi, Saadia ^a   Khan, Naila Z ^a   Neville, Brian ^b  

^a DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPILEPSY; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHENOBARBITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34250370409     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39022.436389.BE     Document Type: Article

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