ESPERA study: Applicability of the new ILAE criteria for antiepileptic drug resistance of focal epilepsies in current clinical practice

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-169

  de Toffol, Bertrand ^a   de Zélicourt, Marie ^b   Vespignani, Hervé ^c   Fagnani, Francis ^b   Laurendeau, Caroline ^b   Lévy Bachelot, Laurie ^d   Murat, Christina ^d   Gasalla, Teresa ^e   Arzimanoglou, Alexis ^f,h   Villanueva, Vicente ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b CEMKA EVAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^d Epidemiology Department   (France)

^e GSK   (Spain)

^f HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^g LYON NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Classification; Drug resistance; Focal epilepsies

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG RESPONSE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CODING;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FRANCE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84867918082     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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