Seizure control: A secondary benefit of chemotherapeutic temozolomide in brain cancer patients

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 270-272

  Hu, Alexander ^a   Xu, Zhiqiang ^b   Kim, Ryan Y ^a   Nguyen, Angel ^a   Lee, Jong Woo ^c   Kesari, Santosh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Brain tumor; Chemotherapy; Seizure; Temozolomide

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORNING DOSAGE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DACARBAZINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEIZURES;

EID: 79960359625     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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