A prospective multi-centre open label study of the use of levetiracetam as add-on treatment in patients with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-284

  Beavis, Janine ^a   Meek, Andrea ^a   Felce, David ^a   Kerr, Michael ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Intellectual disabilities; Levetiracetam; Seizure frequency

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HAND DISEASE; HAND SPASM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOOD DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE TWITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; UNSTEADINESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PIRACETAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63449139986     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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