Antiepileptic drugs as prophylaxis for postcraniotomy seizures

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Vojvodic, Nikola ^a   Ristic, Aleksandar ^a   Sokic, Dragoslav ^a  

^a Institute of Neurology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANIOTOMY; DATA BASE; DEATH; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55049126468     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007286     Document Type: Review

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