Initiation and discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 289-311

  O'Dell, Christine ^a   Shinnar, Shlomo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGE; DIET THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FAMILY COUNSELING; HUMAN; KETOGENESIS; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035021008     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8619(05)70020-7     Document Type: Article

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