Four-year outcome after early withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs in childhood epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2136-2138

  Geerts, A T ^a   Niermeijer, J M F ^b   Peters, A C B ^b   Arts, W F M ^a   Brouwer, O F ^c   Stroink, H ^d   Peeters, E A J ^e   Van Donselaar, C A ^b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^e MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME; TIME FACTORS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 21144452601     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000166035.26217.61     Document Type: Article

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