Does the cause of localisation-related epilepsy influence the response to antiepileptic drug treatment?

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 357-362

  Stephen, Linda J ^a   Kwan, Patrick ^a   Brodie, Martin J ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cause; Epilepsy; Family history; Febrile convulsions; Mesial temporal sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035061553     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.29000.x     Document Type: Article

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