Epilepsy surgery, antiepileptic drug trials, and the role of evidence

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1004-1009

  Janszky, Jozsef ^a,b   Kovacs, Norbert ^a,b   Gyimesi, Csilla ^a,b   Fogarasi, Andras ^c   Doczi, Tamás ^a   Wiebe, Samuel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Pecs Diagnostic Center   (Hungary)

^c Bethesda Children's Hospital   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy treatment; Evidence based medicine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Randomized controlled trial; Temporal lobe epilepsy surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARISBAMATE; ESLICARBAZEPINE ACETATE; ETIRACETAM; HARKOSERIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; RETIGABINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77954626811     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02566.x     Document Type: Article

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