Family history and frontal lobe seizures predict long-term remission in newly diagnosed cryptogenic focal epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 101-108

  Gasparini, Sara ^a   Ferlazzo, Edoardo ^a   Beghi, Ettore ^b   Tripepi, Giovanni ^c   Labate, Angelo ^d   Mumoli, Laura ^d   Leonardi, Cinzia G ^a   Cianci, Vittoria ^a   Latella, Maria Adele ^a   Gambardella, Antonio ^d,e   Aguglia, Umberto ^a  

^a BIANCHI MELACRINO MORELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryptogenic epilepsy; Family history; Focal epilepsy; Frontal lobe seizures; Prognosis; Remission

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTOGENIC FOCAL EPILEPSY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD;

CRYPTOGENIC EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE SEIZURES; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886946768     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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