Efficacy and Tolerability of the New Antiepileptic Drugs: Commentary on the Recently Published Practice Parameters
Chrysostomos P. Panayiotopoulos
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsies St. Thomas' Hospital London, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorSelim R. Benbadis
Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery Comprehensive Epilepsy Program University of South Florida and Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorAthanasios Covanis
Department of Pediatric Neurology Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorOlivier Dulac
Department of Pediatric Neurology Universite Rene Descartes Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorJohn S. Duncan
Department of Neurology Institute of Neurology University College London London, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorOrvar Eeg-Olofsson
Department of Pediatric Neurology University Children's Hospital Uppsala, Sweden
Search for more papers by this authorColin D. Ferrie
Department of Pediatric Neurology Leeds General Infirmary Leeds, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorRichard A. Grünewald
Department of Neurology Royal Hallamshire Hospital Sheffield, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorDorothee G. A. Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenite
University Medical Centre Utrecht Utrecht, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorMichael Koutroumanidis
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsies St. Thomas' Hospital London, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorZarko Martinovic
Department of Epilepsy Institute of Mental Health Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Search for more papers by this authorRichard W. Newton
Pediatric Neurology Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Manchester, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorAlasdair P. Parker
Paediatric Epileptology Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorJanvier Salas-Puig
Department of Neurology Hospital Central Asturias Oviedo, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorJWAS Sander
Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy Institute of Neurology University College London London, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorSimon Shorvon
Institute of Neurology, University College London London, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorKazuyoshi Watanabe
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorWilliam P. Whitehouse
Paediatric Neurology University of Nottingham Nottingham, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorSotirios Youroukos
Pediatric Neurology Athens University Medical School Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorChrysostomos P. Panayiotopoulos
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsies St. Thomas' Hospital London, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorSelim R. Benbadis
Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery Comprehensive Epilepsy Program University of South Florida and Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorAthanasios Covanis
Department of Pediatric Neurology Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorOlivier Dulac
Department of Pediatric Neurology Universite Rene Descartes Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorJohn S. Duncan
Department of Neurology Institute of Neurology University College London London, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorOrvar Eeg-Olofsson
Department of Pediatric Neurology University Children's Hospital Uppsala, Sweden
Search for more papers by this authorColin D. Ferrie
Department of Pediatric Neurology Leeds General Infirmary Leeds, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorRichard A. Grünewald
Department of Neurology Royal Hallamshire Hospital Sheffield, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorDorothee G. A. Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenite
University Medical Centre Utrecht Utrecht, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorMichael Koutroumanidis
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsies St. Thomas' Hospital London, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorZarko Martinovic
Department of Epilepsy Institute of Mental Health Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Search for more papers by this authorRichard W. Newton
Pediatric Neurology Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Manchester, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorAlasdair P. Parker
Paediatric Epileptology Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorJanvier Salas-Puig
Department of Neurology Hospital Central Asturias Oviedo, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorJWAS Sander
Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy Institute of Neurology University College London London, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorSimon Shorvon
Institute of Neurology, University College London London, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorKazuyoshi Watanabe
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorWilliam P. Whitehouse
Paediatric Neurology University of Nottingham Nottingham, United Kingdom
Search for more papers by this authorSotirios Youroukos
Pediatric Neurology Athens University Medical School Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital Athens, Greece
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