Uncontrolled epilepsy is not necessarily the same as drug-resistant epilepsy: Differences between populations with newly diagnosed epilepsy and chronic epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-6

  Hao, Xiaoting ^a   Goldberg, Danielle ^b   Kelly, Kevin ^b   Stephen, Linda ^b   Kwan, Patrick ^c,d   Brodie, Martin J ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Drug resistance; Epilepsy; ILAE

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; DRUG USE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRISON; RELAPSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNCONTROLLED EPILEPSY;

ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; ILAE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881247219     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.06.019     Document Type: Article

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