Antiepileptic drug therapy the story so far

Seizure

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 650-655

  Brodie, Martin J ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Mechanism of action; Pharmacoresistance; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; ESLICARBAZEPINE ACETATE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; HARKOSERIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; POTASSIUM BROMIDE; PREGABALIN; PRIMIDONE; RUFINAMIDE; STIRIPENTOL; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; TRIMETHADIONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ABSENCE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATAXIA; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVULSION; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; DRAVET SYNDROME; DRUG BINDING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EUROPE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LICENSING; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PETIT MAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 78649849971     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.10.027     Document Type: Review

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