Topiramate - First-line monotherapy in elderly patients with epilepsy;Topiramat - Initiale monotherapie bei älteren patienten mit epilepsie

Aktuelle Neurologie

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 272-275

  Runge, Uwe ^a   Schaeuble, B ^c   Rettig, K ^b   Schreiner, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b G E M Gesellschaft für Evaluation und Qualitätssicherung in der Medizin mbH   (Germany)

^c Janssen Cilag EMEA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; TOPIRAMATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 34250893844     PISSN: 03024350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-970804     Document Type: Article

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