Comparative daily profiles with different preparations of lamotrigine: A pilot investigation

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-130

  Nielsen, Kirsten Annette ^a   Dahl, Marit ^a   Tømmerup, Erling ^a   Wolf, Peter ^a,b  

^a DANISH EPILEPSY CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioequivalence; Diurnal profiles; Generic substitution; Lamotrigine; Therapeutic drug monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLOBAZAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; GENERIC DRUG; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BIOEQUIVALENCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FALLING; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MONOTHERAPY; RELAPSE; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS; TRIAZINES;

EID: 46549088111     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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