Study of factors responsible for recurrence of seizures in controlled epileptics for more than 1 1/2 years after withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs

Neurology India

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 295-300

  Lamdhade, S J ^a   Taori, G M ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

AED withdrawl; Factor; Recurrence; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEAD INJURY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0036756219     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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