Levetiracetam in newly diagnosed late-onset post-stroke seizures: A prospective observational study

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 223-226

  Belcastro, Vincenzo ^a,b   Costa, Cinzia ^a,b   Galletti, Francesca ^a,b   Autuori, Alessia ^a,b   Pierguidi, Laura ^a,b   Pisani, Francesco ^c   Calabresi, Paolo ^a,b   Parnetti, Lucilla ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Ischemic stroke; Late onset seizures; Levetiracetam

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM;

AGED; AGGRESSION; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTURAL INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTLESSNESS; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GAIT ATAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIRACETAM; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 56449130278     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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