What predicts enduring intractability in children who appear medically intractable in the first 2 years after diagnosis?

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1056-1064

  Wirrell, Elaine C ^a   Wong Kisiel, Lily C L ^a   Mandrekar, Jay ^a   Nickels, Katherine C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Intractability; Outcome; Pediatric; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INTRACTABILITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878544516     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12169     Document Type: Article

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