"Antiepileptic" not "antiepileptogenic" drug therapy: Ineffective prophylaxis of seizures

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1487-1488

  Cascino, Gregory D ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOCHROME P450; DIGOXIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ATAXIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG POTENTIATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MEMORY DISORDER; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK REDUCTION; SEDATION; SEIZURE; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TERATOGENESIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; URTICARIA;

EID: 9644289388     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/79.12.1487     Document Type: Editorial

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