Pharmacoresistant epilepsy: If at first you don't succeed...

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 311-313

  Shih, Tina ^a   Lowenstein, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36148978142     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21274     Document Type: Editorial

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