Practice parameter: A guideline for discontinuing antiepileptic drugs in seizure-free patients - Summary statement

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 600-602

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ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELAPSE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029809427     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.2.600     Document Type: Article

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