Is incident drug-resistance of childhood-onset epilepsy reversible? A long-term follow-up study

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2256-2262

  Sillanpää, Matti ^a   Schmidt, Dieter ^b  

^a 20014 Turku University   (Finland)

^b Epilepsy Research Group   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood; Epilepsy; Epilepsy prognosis; Longitudinal; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 84863204205     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws062     Document Type: Review

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