Epilepsy in patients with gliomas: Incidence and control of seizures

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 87-91

  Iuchi, Toshihiko ^a   Hasegawa, Yuzo ^a   Kawasaki, Koichiro ^a   Sakaida, Tsukasa ^a  

^a CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti epileptic drug; Brain tumor related epilepsy; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PIRACETAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMNOLENCE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CANCER GRADING; COMPLICATION; GLIOMA; JAPAN; PATHOLOGY; SEIZURES;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBAMAZEPINE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; PHENYTOIN; PIRACETAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 84920643715     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.05.036     Document Type: Article

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