Lacosamide as add-on in brain tumor-related epilepsy: Preliminary report on efficacy and tolerability

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2100-2104

  Maschio, M ^a   Dinapoli, L ^a   Mingoia, M ^a   Sperati, F ^b   Pace, A ^b   Pompili, A ^b   Carapella, C M ^b   Vidiri, A ^b   Muti, P ^b  

^a Center for Tumor Related Epilepsy   (Italy)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Brain tumor related epilepsy; Lacosamide

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; HARKOSERIDE; LOMUSTINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN TUMOR RELATED EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; BRAIN TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED;

ACETAMIDES; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857660393     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6132-8     Document Type: Article

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