Seizure-freedom with combination therapy in localization-related epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 276-280

  Peltola, Jukka ^a   Peltola, Maria ^a   Raitanen, Jani ^b   Keränen, Tapani ^a   Kharazmi, Elham ^b   Auvinen, Anssi ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

AED treatment; Combination therapy; Focal epilepsy; New AEDs; Refractory epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; RETIGABINE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; MALE; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PIRACETAM; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 40049097199     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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