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April 27, 2004; 62 (8) Special Articles

Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs II: Treatment of refractory epilepsy

Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee and Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society

J. A. French, A. M. Kanner, J. Bautista, B. Abou-Khalil, T. Browne, C. L. Harden, W. H. Theodore, C. Bazil, J. Stern, S. C. Schachter, D. Bergen, D. Hirtz, G. D. Montouris, M. Nespeca, B. Gidal, W. J. Marks, W. R. Turk, J. H. Fischer, B. Bourgeois, A. Wilner, R. E. Faught, R. C. Sachdeo, A. Beydoun, T. A. Glauser
First published April 26, 2004, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/01.WNL.0000123695.22623.32
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Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs II: Treatment of refractory epilepsy
Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee and Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society
J. A. French, A. M. Kanner, J. Bautista, B. Abou-Khalil, T. Browne, C. L. Harden, W. H. Theodore, C. Bazil, J. Stern, S. C. Schachter, D. Bergen, D. Hirtz, G. D. Montouris, M. Nespeca, B. Gidal, W. J. Marks, W. R. Turk, J. H. Fischer, B. Bourgeois, A. Wilner, R. E. Faught, R. C. Sachdeo, A. Beydoun, T. A. Glauser
Neurology Apr 2004, 62 (8) 1261-1273; DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000123695.22623.32

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vol. 62 no. 8 1261-1273
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/01.WNL.0000123695.22623.32
PubMed: 
15111660

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Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Print ISSN: 
0028-3878
Online ISSN: 
1526-632X
History: 
  • Received September 3, 2003
  • Accepted January 24, 2004
  • First Published April 26, 2004.

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Author Disclosures

    1. J. A. French, MD*,
    2. A. M. Kanner, MD†,
    3. J. Bautista, MD,
    4. B. Abou-Khalil, MD,
    5. T. Browne, MD,
    6. C. L. Harden, MD,
    7. W. H. Theodore, MD,
    8. C. Bazil, MD PhD,
    9. J. Stern, MD,
    10. S. C. Schachter, MD,
    11. D. Bergen, MD,
    12. D. Hirtz, MD,
    13. G. D. Montouris, MD,
    14. M. Nespeca, MD,
    15. B. Gidal, PharmD,
    16. W. J. Marks Jr., MD,
    17. W. R. Turk, MD,
    18. J. H. Fischer, MD,
    19. B. Bourgeois, MD,
    20. A. Wilner, MD,
    21. R. E. Faught Jr., MD,
    22. R. C. Sachdeo, MD,
    23. A. Beydoun, MD and
    24. T. A. Glauser, MD
  1. J. A. French, MD*,
  2. A. M. Kanner, MD†,
  3. J. Bautista, MD,
  4. B. Abou-Khalil, MD,
  5. T. Browne, MD,
  6. C. L. Harden, MD,
  7. W. H. Theodore, MD,
  8. C. Bazil, MD PhD,
  9. J. Stern, MD,
  10. S. C. Schachter, MD,
  11. D. Bergen, MD,
  12. D. Hirtz, MD,
  13. G. D. Montouris, MD,
  14. M. Nespeca, MD,
  15. B. Gidal, PharmD,
  16. W. J. Marks Jr., MD,
  17. W. R. Turk, MD,
  18. J. H. Fischer, MD,
  19. B. Bourgeois, MD,
  20. A. Wilner, MD,
  21. R. E. Faught Jr., MD,
  22. R. C. Sachdeo, MD,
  23. A. Beydoun, MD and
  24. T. A. Glauser, MD
  1. From the University of Pennsylvania (Dr. French), Philadelphia; Department of Neurological Sciences (Drs. Kanner and Bergen), Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL; The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Dr. Bautista), OH; Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Dr. Abou-Khalil), Nashville, TN; Boston University Medical Center (Drs. Browne and Montouris), MA; Weill Medical College of Cornell University (Dr. Harden), New York, NY; National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (Drs. Theodore and Hirtz), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (Dr. Bazil), New York, NY; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School (Drs. Stern and Schachter), Boston, MA; Children’s Hospital San Diego (Dr. Nespeca), CA; School of Pharmacy and Department of Neurology (Dr. Gidal), University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison; University of California San Francisco Epilepsy Center (Dr. Marks), CA; Nemours Children’s Clinic Div. of Neurology (Dr. Turk), Jacksonville, FL; University of Illinois College of Pharmacy (Dr. Fischer), Dept. of Pharmacy Practice and Neurology, Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine, Chicago; Department of Neurology (Dr. Bourgeois), Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA; Private practice (Dr. Wilner), Providence, RI; Department of Neurology (Dr. Faught), University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham; Dept. of Neurology (Dr. Sachdeo), University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick; Dept. of Neurology (Dr. Beydoun), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Dept. of Neurology (Dr. Glauser), Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint requests to TTA and QSS subcommittees, American Academy of Neurology, 1080 Montreal Ave., St. Paul, MN 55116
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