Treatment for first epileptic seizure

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Beghi, Ettore ^a   Giordano, L ^b   Marson, A G ^b   Monticelli, M L ^b   Rizzo, A ^b   Tonini, M C ^b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 44949168665     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007144     Document Type: Review

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