Complete remission in nonsyndromic childhood-onset epilepsy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 566-573

  Berg, Anne T ^a   Testa, Francine M ^b   Levy, Susan R ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINE; NONSYNDROMIC EPILEPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; FOLLOW UP; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84855386893     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.22461     Document Type: Article

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