Are we too pessimistic about drug-resistant epilepsy?

Epilepsy Currents

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 232-233

  Miller, John W ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDANTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REMISSION; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 84875256435     PISSN: 15357597     EISSN: 15357511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5698/1535-7511-12.6.232     Document Type: Article

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