Use of keppra during the radiotherapy in patients with brain tumors and epileptic seizures after surgical treatment

Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psihiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 31-36

  Shershever, A S ^a   Bentsion, D L ^a   Lavrova, S A ^a   Sorokova, E V ^a  

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Author keywords

Antiepileptic treatment; Brain tumors; Epileptic seizures; Keppra (levetiracetam); Radiotherapy; Surgical treatment

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EID: 56349121985     PISSN: 19977298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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