Carbamazepine versus phenobarbitone monotherapy for epilepsy: An individual participant data review

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Nolan, Sarah J ^a   Marson, Anthony G ^a   Weston, Jennifer ^a   Tudur Smith, Catrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; CHILD; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; HUMANS; PHENOBARBITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84957417822     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001904.pub2     Document Type: Review

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