Antiepileptic drug withdrawal in childhood: Does the duration of tapering off matter for seizure recurrence?

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 624-626

  Serra, Jessica Guerra ^a   Montenegro, Maria Augusta ^a   Guerreiro, Marilisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 24344433204     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738050200071901     Document Type: Article

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