Outcomes after seizure recurrence in people with well-controlled epilepsy and the factors that influence it

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1043-1050

  Chadwick, David ^a   Taylor, Joan ^a   Johnson, Tony ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Drug discontinuation; Outcome; Seizure recurrence; Well controlled epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029849472     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb01023.x     Document Type: Article

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