Randomized prospective study of early discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs in children with epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 724-730

  Peters, A C B ^a,e   Brouwer, O F ^a   Geerts, A T ^b   Arts, W F M ^c   Stroink, H ^d   Van Donselaar, C A ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031944514     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.3.724     Document Type: Article

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