A randomized phase III trial of adjunctive zonisamide in pediatric patients with partial epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1473-1480

  Guerrini, Renzo ^a   Rosati, Anna ^a   Segieth, Joanna ^b   Pellacani, Simona ^a   Bradshaw, Kate ^b   Giorgi, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b EISAI CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adjunctive treatment; Antiepileptic drugs; Partial epilepsy; Partial seizures; Pediatric epilepsy; Zonisamide

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PLACEBO; ZONISAMIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADJUNCTIVE TREATMENT; ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS; PARTIAL EPILEPSY; PARTIAL SEIZURES; PEDIATRIC EPILEPSY; ZONISAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOXAZOLES; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881160026     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12233     Document Type: Article

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