Dramatic weight loss with rufinamide

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mourand, Isabelle ^a   Crespel, Arielle ^a,b   Gelisse, Philippe ^a  

^a GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNOMIQUE FONCTIONNELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Rufinamide; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; RUFINAMIDE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; UNDERWEIGHT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BODY MASS INDEX; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TRIAZOLES; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872053451     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03579.x     Document Type: Article

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