The prognostic value of long-term ambulatory electroencephalography in antiepileptic drug reduction in adults with learning disability and epilepsy in long-term remission

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 474-477

  Koepp, Matthias J ^a   Farrell, Fiona ^a   Collins, Jayne ^a   Smith, Shelagh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Antiepileptic drug withdrawal; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Learning disability

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE;

EID: 50849131886     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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