Discontinuation of antiepileptic drug treatment after two seizure-free years in children with cerebral palsy

Pediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 192-197

  Delgado, Mauricio R ^a,b   Riela, Anthony R ^a,b   Mills, Janith ^a   Pitt, Alan ^b   Browne, Richard ^a  

^a TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antiepileptic drugs; cerebral palsy; children; epilepsy; seizure relapse

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; SEIZURE; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0030026881     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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