Oxcarbazepine for refractory epilepsy: systematic review of the literature
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Oxcarbazepine for refractory epilepsy: systematic review of the literature.
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE It has been estimated that 50 million people worldwide suffer from epilepsy and around 30% will not achieve adequate control over the disease. The aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of oxcarbazepine for refractory partial or generalized epilepsy. METHODS Systematic review. A search was conducted in the PubMed, Lilacs, EMBASE and CENTRAL databases. Studies were analyze...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sao Paulo Medical Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1516-3180
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802009000300008