The prognostic value of the electroencephalogram in antiepileptic drug withdrawal in partial epilepsies

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-78

  Tinuper, P ^a,b   Avoni, P ^a   Riva, R ^a   Provini, F ^a   Lugaresi, E ^a   Baruzzi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE;

EID: 0030056029     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.1.76     Document Type: Article

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