Now we know the drug of first choice--or do we?

Comment

Jacqueline A French. Epilepsy Curr. 2007 Sep-Oct.

. 2007 Sep-Oct;7(5):125-7.

doi: 10.1111/j.1535-7511.2007.00197.x.

No abstract available

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The SANAD study of effectiveness of carbamazepine, gabapentin, lamotrigine, oxcarbazepine, or topiramate for treatment of partial epilepsy: an unblinded randomised controlled trial.
Marson AG, Al-Kharusi AM, Alwaidh M, Appleton R, Baker GA, Chadwick DW, Cramp C, Cockerell OC, Cooper PN, Doughty J, Eaton B, Gamble C, Goulding PJ, Howell SJ, Hughes A, Jackson M, Jacoby A, Kellett M, Lawson GR, Leach JP, Nicolaides P, Roberts R, Shackley P, Shen J, Smith DF, Smith PE, Smith CT, Vanoli A, Williamson PR; SANAD Study group. Marson AG, et al. Lancet. 2007 Mar 24;369(9566):1000-15. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60460-7. Lancet. 2007. PMID: 17382827 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
The SANAD study of effectiveness of valproate, lamotrigine, or topiramate for generalised and unclassifiable epilepsy: an unblinded randomised controlled trial.
Marson AG, Al-Kharusi AM, Alwaidh M, Appleton R, Baker GA, Chadwick DW, Cramp C, Cockerell OC, Cooper PN, Doughty J, Eaton B, Gamble C, Goulding PJ, Howell SJ, Hughes A, Jackson M, Jacoby A, Kellett M, Lawson GR, Leach JP, Nicolaides P, Roberts R, Shackley P, Shen J, Smith DF, Smith PE, Smith CT, Vanoli A, Williamson PR; SANAD Study group. Marson AG, et al. Lancet. 2007 Mar 24;369(9566):1016-26. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60461-9. Lancet. 2007. PMID: 17382828 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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