Early versus late remission in a cohort of patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-42

  Del Felice, Alessandra ^a   Beghi, Ettore ^b   Boero, Giovanni ^c   La Neve, Angela ^d   Bogliun, Graziella ^e   De Palo, Alessia ^d   Specchio, Luigi M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c Ospedale di Taranto   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Prognosis; Prognostic predictors; Remission

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENDER; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76249101019     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02141.x     Document Type: Article

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