Seizure frequency and sex steroids in women with partial epilepsy on antiepileptic therapy

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1920-1926

  Murialdo, Giovanni ^a   Magri, Flavia ^b   Tamagno, Gianluca ^c   Ameri, Pietro ^a   Camera, Antonella ^b   Colnaghi, Silvia ^d   Perucca, Piero ^d   Ravera, Giambattista ^a   Galimberti, Carlo Andrea ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Estradiol; Partial epilepsy; Progesterone; Seizure frequency; Sex hormone binding globulin

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ESTRADIOL; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICONVULSANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STEROIDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149087467     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02178.x     Document Type: Article

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