Early clinical experience with lacosamide as adjunctive therapy in patients with refractory focal epilepsy and nocturnal seizures

Seizure

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 801-804

  García Morales, Irene ^a,b   Delgado, Rafael Toledano ^b   Falip, Mercé ^c   Campos, Dulce ^d   García, María Eugenia ^a   Gil Nagel, Antonio ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RUBER INTERNACIONAL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epilepsy treatment; Lacosamide; Mood disorder; Nocturnal seizures; Partial epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; HARKOSERIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE DURATION; DIURNAL SEIZURE; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY FOCAL EPILEPSY; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE;

ACETAMIDES; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255150028     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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