Efficacy of antiepileptic drugs in adults vs children

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1420-1421

  Bourgeois, Blaise F D ^a   Goodkin, Howard P ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLOBAZAM; ESLICARBAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; HARKOSERIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PLACEBO; RUFINAMIDE; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PANAYIOTOPOULOS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867542238     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31826d601d     Document Type: Editorial

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