Preoperative factors associated with antiepileptic drug withdrawal following surgery for intractable temporal lobe epilepsy

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 344-348

  Maehara, Taketoshi ^a   Ohno, Kikuo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug; Discontinuation; Epilepsy surgery; Seizure freedom; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957955903     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.51.344     Document Type: Article

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