Topiramate monotherapy in newly diagnosed epilepsy in children and adolescents

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 693-699

  Glauser, A Tracy ^a   Dlugos, J Dennis ^b   Dodson, Edwin W ^c   Grinspan, Augusto ^d   Wang, Steven ^e   Wu, Shu Chen ^e  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Fundacion Pro Neurociencias   (Argentina)

^e JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Topiramate

Indexed keywords

TOPIRAMATE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FLUSHING; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; MONOTHERAPY; MOOD DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SPEECH DISORDER; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447123109     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807303997     Document Type: Article

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