Seizure recurrence after antiepileptic drug withdrawal and the implications for driving: Further results from the MRC Antiepileptic Drug Withdrawal Study and a systematic review

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1328-1333

  Bonnett, Laura J ^a   Shukralla, Arif ^a   Tudur Smith, Catrin ^a   Williamson, Paula R ^a   Marson, Antony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EUROPEAN UNION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 80855139795     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.222885     Document Type: Article

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