Long-term outcome is unchanged by antiepileptic drug treatment after a first seizure: A 15-year follow-up from a randomized trial in childhood

Epilepsia

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 662-663

  Camfield, Peter ^a,b   Camfield, Carol ^a,b   Smith, Stephanie ^a   Dooley, Joe ^a   Smith, Edythe ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood; First seizure; Follow up; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036280196     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.03102.x     Document Type: Article

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