Relapse following discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs: A meta-analysis

Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 601-608

  Berg, Anne T ^a   Shinnar, Shlomo ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RISK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0028221118     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.44.4.601     Document Type: Article

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