A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of donepezil to improve memory in epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1283-1291

  Hamberger, Marla J ^a,c   Palmese, Christina A ^b   Scarmeas, Nikolaos ^a   Weintraub, David ^a   Choi, Hyunmi ^a   Hirsch, Lawrence J ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor; Donepezil; Epilepsy; Memory

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DYSPNEA; ENERGY; EPILEPSY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEATING; THORAX PAIN; URINARY FREQUENCY; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPILEPSY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PIPERIDINES; PLACEBOS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447504905     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01114.x     Document Type: Article

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