Early treatment after stroke for the prevention of late epileptic seizures: A report on the problems performing a randomised placebo-controlled double-blind trial aimed at anti-epileptogenesis

Seizure

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 285-291

  Van Tuijl, J H ^a,d   Van Raak, E P M ^a   De Krom, M C T F M ^a   Lodder, J ^a,c   Aldenkamp, A P ^a,b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anti epileptogenesis; Epilepsy; Seizure; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANKIN SCALE; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PIRACETAM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE;

EID: 79954424273     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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