A validation of the new definition of drug-resistant epilepsy by the International League Against Epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 829-834

  Téllez Zenteno, Jose F ^a   Hernández Ronquillo, Lizbeth ^a   Buckley, Samantha ^a   Zahagun, Ricardo ^a   Rizvi, Syed ^a  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consensus; Drug resistant epilepsy; Reliability; Validation; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; CONSENSUS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEAD INJURY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; VALIDITY; VERY ELDERLY; WEST SYNDROME;

CONSENSUS; DRUG-RESISTANT EPILEPSY; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CONSENSUS; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902366536     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12633     Document Type: Article

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