Pediatric Neurology Briefs (Oct 1987)
Causes of Antiepileptic Treatment Failure
Abstract
The Veterans Administration Epilepsy Cooperative Study Group (Regional Epilepsy Center, VA Med Cntr, 4500 S Lancaster Rd, Dallas, TX) have evaluated monotherapy with carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, and primidone in a total of 622 patients with previously untreated partial seizures, with particular attention to seizure frequency, neurotoxicity, and systemic toxicity.
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