Prediction of risk of seizure recurrence after a single seizure and early epilepsy: Further results from the MESS trial

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 317-322

  Kim, Lois G ^a,c   Johnson, Tony L ^a   Marson, Anthony G ^b   Chadwick, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

EID: 33644967929     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(06)70383-0     Document Type: Article

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