Does the number of seizures before treatment influence ease of control or remission of childhood epilepsy? Not if the number is 10 or less

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-44

  Camfield, Carol ^a,b   Camfield, Peter ^a,b   Gordon, Kevin ^a   Dooley, Joseph ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK Children's Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEIZURE;

EID: 0029884830     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.1.41     Document Type: Article

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