When should long-term treatment of epilepsy be started;Cuando debe iniciarse el tratamiento antiepileptico cronico

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 25, Issue 139, 1997, Pages 350-355

  Campistol, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

analysis of factors; epilepsy; start of treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIAZEPAM;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG CHOICE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; RECURRENT DISEASE; AGED; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; REVIEW;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0031092028     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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