Relapse risk analysis after drug withdrawal in epileptic children with uncomplicated seizures

Seizure

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 384-389

  Altunbasak, Sakir ^a   Artar, Ömer ^a   Burgut, Refik ^a   Yildiztas, Dinçer ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug; Children; Epileptic; Recurrence and risk factors; Seizure; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; TIME;

EID: 0032700792     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.1999.0330     Document Type: Article

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