Suicidal ideation in epilepsy and levetiracetam therapy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 130-132

  Mula, Marco ^a,b   Sander, Josemir W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Interictal dysphoric disorder; Levetiracetam; Side effects; Suicide

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PIRACETAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 34447635871     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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