Design considerations for a multicenter randomized controlled trial of early surgery for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1978-1986

  Engel, Jerome ^a,b   McDermott, Michael P ^c,e   Wiebe, Samuel ^e   Langfitt, John T ^d   Erba, Giuseppe ^d,e   Gardiner, Irenita ^d   Stern, John ^a   Dewar, Sandra ^a   Sperling, Michael R ^f   Jacobs, Margaret ^g   Kieburtz, Karl ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early surgery; Randomized controlled trial; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; ZONISAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRIVING ABILITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL WELFARE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMOBARBITAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649293665     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02641.x     Document Type: Article

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