Antiepileptic drug withdrawal in seizure-free patients

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9639, 2008, Pages 610-612

  Schmidt, Dieter ^a  

^a Epilepsy Research Group Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAPSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 49649091753     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61256-8     Document Type: Note

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