Oxcarbazepine versus phenytoin monotherapy for epilepsy: an individual participant data review
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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: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003615.pub4