Discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs after successful surgery: Who and when?

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 363-370

  Tellez Zenteno, Jose F ^a   Hernandez Ronquillo, Lizbeth ^a   Moien Afshari, Farzad ^a  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

AED; Discontinuation; Epilepsy; Successful epilepsy surgery; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE;

AGE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SURGERY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874608941     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2012.0538     Document Type: Review

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