Are psychiatric adverse events of antiepileptic drugs a unique entity? A study on topiramate and levetiracetam

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2322-2326

  Mula, Marco ^a   Trimble, Michael R ^b   Sander, Josemir W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Depression; Epilepsy; Psychosis; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 36949008112     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01262.x     Document Type: Article

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