Considerations in the treatment of a first unprovoked seizure

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-296

  Haut, Sheryl R ^a,b   Shinnar, Shlomo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

First seizure; Recurrence risk; Unprovoked seizure

Indexed keywords

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

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY COUNSELING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RASH; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMNOLENCE; TERATOGENICITY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 49149095122     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1079333     Document Type: Review

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