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ILAE treatment guidelines: evidence-based analysis of antiepileptic drug efficacy and effectiveness as initial monotherapy for epileptic seizures and syndromes.

Tracy T Glauser, Elinor E Ben-Menachem, Blaise B Bourgeois, Avital A Cnaan, David D Chadwick, Carlos C Guerreiro, Reetta R Kalviainen, Richard R Mattson, Emilio E Perucca, and Torbjorn T Tomson

Epilepsia 47(7):1094-120 (2006) PMID 16886973

To assess which antiepileptic medications (AEDs) have the best evidence for long-term efficacy or effectiveness as initial monotherapy for patients with newly diagnosed or untreated epilepsy.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00585.x
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