Seizure recurrence and risk factors after antiepilepsy drug withdrawal in children with brain tumors

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 375-379

  Khan, Raja B ^a   Onar, Arzu ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepilepsy drug; Brain tumor; Outcome; Seizure; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33645288860     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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