Impact of levetiracetam add-on therapy on different EEG occipital frequencies in epileptic patients

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 392-395

  Veauthier, Joanna ^a   Haettig, Heinz ^a   Meencke, Heinz Joachim ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Cognitive functions; EEG; Levetiracetam; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADD ON THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DELTA RHYTHM; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; THETA RHYTHM; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PIRACETAM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67349167243     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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