Antiepileptic Drugs: Gender-Specific Side-Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs

Encyclopedia of Basic Epilepsy Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1485-1490

  Tauboll E ^a,b   Isojarvi J I T ^c,d   Gjerstad, L ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Carbamazepine; Epilepsy; Fertility; Gender; Hormones; Lamotrigine; Levetiracetam; Menopause; Osteoporosis; Puberty; Reproductive disorders; Semen; Sexuality; Valproate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929262003     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373961-2.00308-8     Document Type: Chapter

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