Seizure Recurrence after Planned Discontinuation of Antiepileptic Drugs in Seizure-free Patients after Epilepsy Surgery: A Review of Current Clinical Experience

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-186

  Schmidt, Dieter ^a   Baumgartner, Christoph ^b   Löscher, Wolfgang ^c  

^a Epilepsy Research Group   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy surgery; Pharmacoresistant epilepsy; Seizure recurrence; Temporal lobe surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0344942759     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.37803.x     Document Type: Review

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