Delayed time to first remission identifies poor long-term drug response of childhood-onset epilepsy: A prospective population-based study

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 507-511

  Sillanpää, Matti ^a   Schmidt, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Epilepsy Research Group   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drug resistant epilepsy; First remission; Prognosis; Seizure outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350618471     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.08.029     Document Type: Article

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