Lamotrigine-valproic acid combination therapy for medically refractory epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 475-479

  Moeller, Jeremy J ^b   Rahey, Susan R ^b   Sadler, R Mark ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lamotrigine; Medically refractory epilepsy; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; VISUAL DISORDER; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 61849120025     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01866.x     Document Type: Article

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