Antiepileptic drugs in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Reviews in Neurological Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 178-181

  Zubkov, Alexander Y ^a   Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Seizures; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM; GLUTAMIC ACID; PHENYTOIN;

BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DRUG MECHANISM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PHENYTOIN; PIRACETAM; SEIZURES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149095259     PISSN: 15452913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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