Discontinuation of Medications After Successful Epilepsy Surgery in Children

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 340-344

  Lachhwani, Deepak K ^a   Loddenkemper, Tobias ^a   Holland, Katherine D ^b   Kotagal, Prakash ^a   Mascha, Edward ^a   Bingaman, William ^a   Wyllie, Elaine ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41849086674     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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