Topiramate in older patients with partial-onset seizures: A pilot double-blind, dose-comparison study

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1180-1185

  Ramsay, R Eugene ^a,f   Uthman, Basim ^b   Pryor, Flavia M ^a   Rowan, A James ^b   Bainbridge, Jacquelyn ^c   Spitz, Mark ^c   Sirven, Joseph I ^d   Frederick, Tim E ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f International Center for Epilepsy   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Epilepsy; Monotherapy; Topiramate

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CONTROL; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INSOMNIA; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MONOTHERAPY; NERVOUSNESS; PARALLEL DESIGN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; PILOT PROJECTS; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 47249107324     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01584.x     Document Type: Article

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