Complete remission of childhood-onset epilepsy: Stability and prediction over two decades

Brain

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3213-3222

  Berg, Anne T ^a,b   Rychlik, Karen ^b   Levy, Susan R ^c   Testa, Francine M ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Prognosis; Refractory epilepsy; Remission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SEIZURE; EPILEPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84918576101     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awu294     Document Type: Article

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