Antiepileptic drugs management and long-term seizure outcome in post surgical mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 55-58

  Pimentel, José ^a,b   Peralta, Ana Rita ^a   Campos, Alexandre ^a   Bentes, Carla ^a,b   Ferreira, António G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy surgery; Hippocampal sclerosis; Mesial temporal epilepsy; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861526337     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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