title: New anti-epileptic drugs--fifth Eilat conference. 25-29 June 2000, Eilat, Israel.
abstract: The fifth Eilat conference on new anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) was held at the Dan Hotel, Eilat, Israel, and was attended by 195 delegates from 19 countries. Delegates included basic scientists, clinical pharmacologists and neurologists working in clinical practice, in the pharmaceutical industry and in regulatory agencies. The conference provided a highly interactive forum for discussing the most recent data on new AEDs in various phases of clinical development, as well as an update on AEDs marketed in recent years. Methodological issues in AED evaluation were also discussed. Part of the conference was dedicated to a review of established and potential uses of AEDs in therapeutic areas outside epilepsy, with special reference to migraine, bipolar disorder, neuropathic pain and neuroprotection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medical Therapeutics, University of Pavia, Piazza Botta 10, 27100 Pavia, Italy. perucca@unipv.it
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authors.lastname: Perucca