Epilepsy: A review of reports, guidelines, recommendations and models for the provision of care for patients with epilepsy

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-438

  Aylward, Rebecca L M ^a  

^a TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Guidelines; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; FOLIC ACID; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOSE; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; PROPOFOL; THIAMINE; THIOPENTAL; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VITAMIN K GROUP; ZONISAMIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; BLEEDING DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG INDICATION; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LEARNING DISORDER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 49649124413     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.8-4-433     Document Type: Review

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