Seizure freedom off antiepileptic drugs after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-98

  Al Kaylani, Muhammad ^a   Konrad, Peter ^a   Lazenby, Barry ^a   Blumenkopf, Bennett ^a   Abou Khalil, Bassel ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug discontinuation; Epilepsy surgery; Seizure freedom; Seizure recurrence; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846839077     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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