When to start and stop anticonvulsant therapy in children

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1073-1077

  Greenwood, Robert S ^a,b   Tennison, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; FAMILY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032886297     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.9.1073     Document Type: Review

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