Can evidence-based guidelines and clinical trials tell us how to treat patients?

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1264-1267

  French, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Clinical trials; Evidence based guidelines; Newly diagnosed epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SOMNOLENCE; TERATOGENICITY;

CLINICAL TRIALS; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 34447321637     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01123.x     Document Type: Article

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