Seizure prophylaxis in patients with brain tumors: A meta-analysis

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1489-1494

  Sirven, Joseph I ^a,b   Wingerchuk, Dean M ^a   Drazkowski, Joseph F ^a   Lyons, Mark K ^a   Zimmerman, Richard S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENINGIOMA; META ANALYSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 9644279570     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/79.12.1489     Document Type: Article

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