Characteristics of a large population of patients with refractory epilepsy attending tertiary referral centers in Italy

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 921-925

  Alexandre Jr , Veriano ^a,b   Capovilla, Giuseppe ^c   Fattore, Cinzia ^a,d   Franco, Valentina ^d   Gambardella, Antonio ^e   Guerrini, Renzo ^f,g   La Briola, Francesca ^h   Ladogana, Marianna ⁱ   Rosati, Eleonora ^j   Specchio, Luigi Maria ^k   Striano, Salvatore ^l   Perucca, Emilio ^a,d  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^g DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^j CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Clinical features; Drug resistance; Epidemiology; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ITALY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951555153     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02512.x     Document Type: Article

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