Treatment of post-traumatic epilepsy

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 293-306

  Hung, Christine ^a,b   Chen, James W Y ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Continuous EEG monitoring; Head injury; Neuromonitoring; Post traumatic epilepsy; Prophylaxis; Seizure; Seizure prevention; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; FOLIC ACID; GABAPENTIN; HARKOSERIDE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; RETIGABINE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANOREXIA; APLASTIC ANEMIA; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; ATAXIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLURRED VISION; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRADYCARDIA; COMA; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; COORDINATION DISORDER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE THERAPY; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPIDERMOLYSIS; ERYTHRODERMA; EUPHORIA; FATIGUE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GINGIVA HYPERTROPHY; HALLUCINATION; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEPATITIS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCIURIA; HYPERTRICHOSIS; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INFECTION; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; JAUNDICE; KETOGENIC DIET; KIDNEY FAILURE; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER INJURY; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; MEMORY DISORDER; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NEUROMONITORING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OSTEOMALACIA; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; QT PROLONGATION; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDER; SLURRED SPEECH; SOMNOLENCE; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYNCOPE; TASTE DISORDER; TERATOGENICITY; THOUGHT DISORDER; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY; TREMOR; URINE RETENTION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VERTIGO; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84865863308     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: 15343138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-012-0178-5     Document Type: Article

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