ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2004
Revisiting phenobarbital for epilepsy.
Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- Phenobarbital Bioequivalence in Chinese Population: Considering the Role of Food on Pharmacokinetics.Clinical pharmacology in drug development · 2025Trial
- Side effects of phenobarbital and carbamazepine in childhood epilepsy: randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2007Trial
- Phenobarbital monotherapy for convulsive seizures in rural Northwest China: a 12-year longitudinal study.Acta epileptologica · 2026Article
- A 5-Year Study of Antiseizure Medications (ASMs) Monitoring in Patients with Neuropsychiatric Disorders in an Italian Clinical Center.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Development of Antiepileptic Drugs throughout History: From Serendipity to Artificial Intelligence.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Low-intensity focused ultrasound, a novel approach to epilepsy treatment in developing countries.Brain and behavior · 2023Article
- Experimental Therapeutic Strategies in Epilepsies Using Anti-Seizure Medications.Journal of experimental pharmacology · 2021Review
- Undue regulatory control on phenobarbital--an important yet overlooked reason for the epilepsy treatment gap.Epilepsia · 2015Article
- The pharmacology of new antiepileptic drugs: does a novel mechanism of action really matter?CNS drugs · 2011Article
- Childhood epilepsy: Management in resource-limited setting.Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology · 2008Article
- Treatment of epilepsy in developing countries.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2007Article
- Phenobarbital for childhood epilepsy: systematic review.Paediatric and perinatal drug therapy · 2006Article
- Phenobarbital for epilepsy: much is still to be learnt.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2005Article
- Evading Seizures: Phenobarbital Reintroduced as a Multifunctional Approach to End-of-Life Care.Case reports in oncologyArticle
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