Medication Policy After Epilepsy Surgery

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 332-338

  Boshuisen, Kim ^a   Braams, Olga ^a,b   Jennekens Schinkel, Aag ^a,b   Braun, Kees P ^a   Jansen, Floor E ^a   van Rijen, Peter C ^a   van Nieuwenhuizen, Onno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Bio Research and Treatment Centre Arnhem   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349781814     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.04.025     Document Type: Article

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