Efficacy of rufinamide in drug-resistant epilepsy: A meta-analysis

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 347-349

  Verrotti, Alberto ^a   Loiacono, Giulia ^a   Ballone, Enzo ^a   Mattei, Peter A ^a   Chiarelli, Francesco ^a   Curatolo, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUFINAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOSIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EMBASE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCISEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 79953867233     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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