Levetiracetam monotherapy for late poststroke seizures in the elderly

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 542-544

  Kutlu, Gulnihal ^a   Gomceli, Yasemin B ^a   Unal, Yasemin ^a   Inan, Levent E ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Elderly; Levetiracetam; Monotherapy; Poststroke seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPEPSIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTPATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; STROKE; VISUAL DISORDER; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG EVALUATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIRACETAM; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50849115478     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.04.025     Document Type: Article

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