Seizure remission in adults with long-standing intractable epilepsy: An extended follow-up

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 115-119

  Choi, Hyunmi ^a   Heiman, Gary A ^c   Munger Clary, Heidi ^a   Etienne, Mill ^d   Resor, Stanley R ^a   Hauser, W Allen ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c Rutgers University   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Natural history studies; Pharmacoresistant epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SEIZURES;

EID: 79251618951     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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