Predictors of intractable childhood epilepsy

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 158-162

  Malik, Muhammad Akbar ^a,b   Hamid, Muhammad Haroon ^a   Ahmed, Tahir Masood ^a   Ali, Qurban ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs); Childhood epilepsy; Intractable epilepsy; Myoclonic seizures; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG RESPONSE; EEG ABNORMALITY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 43549085748     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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