Discontinuation of Antiepileptic Drugs after Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 200-202

  Sinclair, D Barry ^a   Jurasek, Laura ^a   Wheatley, Matt ^a   Datta, Anita ^a   Gross, Donald ^a   Ahmed, Nizam ^a   Quigley, Daphne ^a   Snyder, Thomas ^a   Aronyk, Keith ^a   McKean, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548250085     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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