Outcomes after discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs after surgery in patients with low grade brain tumors and meningiomas

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 565-570

  Das, Rohit R ^a   Artsy, Elinor ^a   Hurwitz, Shelley ^b   Wen, Patrick Y ^c   Black, Peter ^a   Golby, Alexandra ^a   Dworetzky, Barbara ^a   Lee, Jong Woo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug; Brain tumor; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGIOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864364734     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-011-0779-y     Document Type: Article

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