The prognosis of idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2079-2090

  Seneviratne, Udaya ^a,b   Cook, Mark ^a   D'Souza, Wendyl ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Long term outcome; Predictors; Remission

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ABSENCE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REMISSION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84870577866     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03723.x     Document Type: Review

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