Lacosamide treatment of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 202-204

  Afra, Pegah ^a   Adamolekun, Bola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic medications; JME; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Lacosamide; Myoclonic jerks

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; HARKOSERIDE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MONOTHERAPY; MOOD DISORDER; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMIDES; ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858072315     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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