Stopping Medication in Children with Epilepsy: Predictors of Outcome

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 304, Issue 19, 1981, Pages 1125-1129

  Emerson, Ronald ^a   D'souza, Bernard J ^a   Vining, Eileen P ^a   Holden, Kenton R ^a   Mellits, E David ^a   Freeman, John M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETHOSUXIMIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEIZURE FREQUENCY; THERAPY;

EID: 0019498617     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198105073041902     Document Type: Article

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