Timing of antiepileptic drug withdrawal and long-term seizure outcome after paediatric epilepsy surgery (TimeToStop): A retrospective observational study

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 784-791

  Boshuisen, Kim ^a   Arzimanoglou, Alexis ^c,d   Cross, J Helen ^e,f   Uiterwaal, Cuno S P M ^b   Polster, Tilman ^g   Van Nieuwenhuizen, Onno ^a   Braun, Kees P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^d LYON NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f YOUNG EPILEPSY   (United Kingdom)

^g EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VIGABATRIN;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUROSURGERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC EPILEPSY SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865151767     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(12)70165-5     Document Type: Article

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