The influence of design and definition on the proportion of general epilepsy cohorts with remission and intractability

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 204-212

  Abimbola, Seye ^a   Martiniuk, Alexandra L C ^a   Hackett, Maree L ^a   Anderson, Craig S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohorts; Epilepsy; Intractability; Remission; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956207781     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327497     Document Type: Review

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