Minnesota Epilepsy Group

Antiepileptic medications

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Behavioral And Emotional Effects Of Levetiracetam In Children With Intractable Epilepsy (2002)
Mary C. Gustafson, PharmD; Frank J. Ritter, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD; Vickie Karney, RN, BSN; Carol Hoskin, RN

Behavioral Side-Effects of Levetiracetam (2002)
John R. Gates, MD; Catherine Folland, RN; Jennifer Berhow, BA; Gerald L. Moriarty, MD; Patricia E. Penovich, MD

Clinical Experience With Felbamate In Patients With Medically Intractable Epilepsy (2004)
John R. Gates, MD; Patricia E. Penovich, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD; Deanna L. Dickens, MD; Frank J. Ritter, MD; Jennifer Berhow, BA

Clinical Experience with Levetiracetam (LEV) in Refractory Adult Epilepsy Patients (2002)
Catherine Folland, RN; Gerald L. Moriarty, MD

Clinical Experience With Felbamate In Adults With Medically Intractable Epilepsy (2003)
Deanna L. Dickens, MD; Sarah Koch, RN, BSN; Catherine Folland, RN; Britt Carlson, BS; Rosette Jabbour, MD; Patricia E. Penovich, MD; John R. Gates, MD

Clinical Experience With Levetiracetam Treating Refractory, Symptomatic Seizures In Children (2001)
Mary C. Gustafson, PharmD; Frank J. Ritter, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD; Vickie Karney, RN, BSN; Carol Hoskin, RN

Decline In Cognitive Functioning Associated With Zonisamide (ZNS) Therapy (2002)
Gretchen Weatherly, PhD; Gail L. Risse, PhD; Britt E. Carlson, BS; Mary C. Gustafson, PharmD; Patricia E. Penovich, MD

Do Allergic Reactions To Sulfonamide Antibiotics Predict Allergy to Zonisamide? (2002)
Frank J. Ritter, MD; Mary C. Gustafson, PharmD; Vickie Karney, RN, BSN; Patricia E. Penovich, MD; Gerald L. Moriarty, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD; John R. Gates, MD

Effectiveness, Tolerability, and Safety of Topiramate in Children with Partial-Onset Seizures (2000)
Frank Ritter, MD; Tracy A. Glauser; Roy D. Elterman; Elaine Wyllie, and the Topiramate YP Study Group

Efficacy And Risk Of Respiratory Depression With Rectal Diazepam Use In Children With Epilepsy (2000)
Mary C. Gustafson, PharmD; Frank J. Ritter, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD

Efficacy Of Valproate And Lamotrigine Therapy In Patients With Medically Intractable Epilepsy (2000)
John R. Gates, MD; Andrew W. Hertel, BA; Patricia E. Penovich, MD; Gerald L. Moriarty, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD; Frank J. Ritter, MD

Efficacy and Weight Effects of Valproate and Lamotrigine (2000)
John R. Gates, MD; Andrew W. Hertel, BA; Patricia E. Penovich, MD; Gerald L. Moriarty, MD

Gamma Glutamyl Transferase In The Era Of New Antiepileptic Medications (2004)
Marlene (Molly) K. Eastman, RN; Frank J. Ritter, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD; Sarah Garland, RN; Mary Gustafson, PharmD

Initial Monotherapy of Levetiracetam In Children (2006)
Frank J. Ritter, MD; Jason S. Doescher, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD; Mary Gustafson, PharmD

Lamotrigine Doses and Serum Concentrations in Infants Less Than 24 Months Old (2000)
Frank J. Ritter, MD; Mary C. Gustafson, PharmD; Michael D. Frost, MD

Levetiracetam Monotherapy (2003)
Beth Korby, RN C; Patricia E. Penovich, MD; John R. Gates, MD; Deanna L. Dickens, MD; Gerald L. Moriarty, MD

Pregabalin Dosing And Serum Levels (2006)
Patricia E Penovich, MD; Deanna L Dickens, MD; Jason S Doescher, MD; Michael D Frost, MD; El-Hadi Mouderres, MD; Frank J Ritter, MD

Reduced Anesthesia Effect Of Sodium Amytal During The Intracarotid Amobarbital Procedure In Pediatric Patients Taking Topiramate Or Zonisamide (2005)
Gretchen Weatherly, PhD; Gail L. Risse, PhD; Frank J. Ritter, MD; Ann Hempel, PhD

Results of a Multicentered Registry of Oxcarbazepine Exposed Pregnancies (2007)
Patricia E. Penovich, MD; Joanne B. Rogin, MD; Georgia Montouris, MD; Page B. Pennell, MD; William E. Rosenfeld, MD; Veronica N. Sosa, MD

Review of Over 400 Intravenous Levetiracetam Administrations in Pediatric Patients Ages Newborn Through 11 Years of Age (2007)
Mary Gustafson, PharmD; Frank J. Ritter, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD; Jason S. Doescher, MD

Side Effect Profiles and Behavioral Consequences of Antiepileptic Medications (2000)
John R. Gates, MD

Tolerability Of An Overnight Transition To Oxcarbazepine From Carbamazepine (2001)
Howard Schacht, RN, BSN; John R. Gates, MD; Patricia Penovich, MD

Tolerability Of Rapid Zonisamide (ZNS) Titration In Hospital Setting (2002)
Howard W. Schacht, RN, BSN; John R. Gates, MD; Jennifer Berhow, BA; Gerald L. Moriarty, MD; Patricia E. Penovich, MD

Use Of Levetiracetam (LEV) In Children Under 2 Years of Age (2002)
Michael D. Frost, MD; Mary C. Gustafson, PharmD; Frank J. Ritter, MD

A Within-Subjects Study Of Cognitive Effects In Patients Who Have Been Treated With Both Topiramate And Zonisamide (2006)
Gretchen E. Weatherly, PhD; Julie MacBain, MD; Gail L. Risse, PhD; Patricia E. Penovich, MD