Drug withdrawal after successful epilepsy surgery: How safe is it?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 476-480

  Kerling, Frank ^a   Pauli, Elisabeth ^a   Lorber, Bogdan ^b   Blümcke, Ingmar ^a   Buchfelder, Michael ^a   Stefan, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Discontinuation; Drug withdrawal; Epilepsy surgery; Seizure recurrence

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANXIETY; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67849108285     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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