Correlation between the changes in ambulatory electroencephalography findings and epilepsy recurrence after medication withdrawal among the population in Southern China

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-16

  Yang, Lian Hong ^a   Jiang, Long Yuan ^a   Lu, Rui Yan ^a   Zhong, Jian Qiang ^b   Liu, Shu Qiong ^a   Tao, En Xiang ^a   Ye, Jian Hong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b People's Hospital of Zengcheng   (China)

Author keywords

Ambulatory electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; CHILD; CHINA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREDICTION; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHINA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873803120     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.53.12     Document Type: Article

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