Randomized Controlled Study of Surgery for Epilepsy

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-15-8-3

Randomized Controlled Study of Surgery for Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 15 (2001): Issue 8

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Aug 2001

Abstract

Eighty patients with temporal lobe epilepsy were assigned at random to surgery (40 patients) or antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment only for one year (40 patients), and results were assessed by epileptologists without knowledge of treatment regimen, at the University of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.

References

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Engel J Jr Finally, a randomized, controlled trial of epilepsy surgery N Engl J Med 2001 Aug 345 5 365 366 10.1056/NEJM200108023450510 11484695
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-15-8-3 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 59 - 59

Published on: Aug 1, 2001

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Antiepileptic Drug,

Epileptologists,

Mesial Temporal Sclerosis

© 2001 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 15 (2001): Issue 8