Monotherapy of lamotrigine versus carbamazepine in patients with poststroke seizure

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 189-195

  Gilad, Ronit ^a   Sadeh, Menachem ^a   Rapoport, Abraham ^a   Dabby, Ron ^a   Boaz, Mona ^a   Lampl, Yair ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Elderly; Lamotrigine; Seizure; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; NITRATE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES;

EID: 34548449364     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNF.0b013e3180333069     Document Type: Article

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