Remission and relapse in a drug-resistant epilepsy population followed prospectively

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 619-626

  Callaghan, Brian ^a   Schlesinger, Malka ^b   Rodemer, William ^c   Pollard, John ^c   Hesdorffer, Dale ^b   Hauser, W Allen ^b   French, Jacqueline ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Refractory; Relapse

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY RESISTANCE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952575320     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02929.x     Document Type: Article

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