How long does it take for partial epilepsy to become intractable?

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 186-190

  Berg, A T ^a   Langfitt, J ^g   Shinnar, S ^b   Vickrey, B G ^g   Sperling, M R ^c   Walczak, T ^g   Bazil, C ^d   Pacia, S V ^e   Spencer, S S ^f  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Columbia University Medical School ^*  (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037469185     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000031792.89992.EC     Document Type: Article

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