Starting and stopping treatment for seizures and epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 58-61

  Chadwick, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; RETREATMENT; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749510516     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00662.x     Document Type: Review

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