Multiple treatment comparisons in epilepsy monotherapy trials

Trials

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Smith, Catrin Tudur ^a   Marson, Anthony G ^a   Chadwick, David W ^a   Williamson, Paula R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 38149006995     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-8-34     Document Type: Article

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