One vs. two years of anti-epileptic therapy in children with single small enhancing CT lesions

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 274-278

  Singhi, Pratibha D ^a   Dinakaran, J ^a   Khandelwal, N ^a   Singhi, Sunit C ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZATION; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0142248813     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/49.5.274     Document Type: Article

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