Intractable Seizures after Antiepileptic Withdrawal

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-19-4-7

Intractable Seizures after Antiepileptic Withdrawal

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 19 (2005): Issue 4

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Apr 2005

Abstract

The frequency of relapse and occurrence of intractable epilepsy following withdrawal of antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment in a Nova Scotia population-based cohort of children with epilepsy was studied at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-19-4-7 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 31 - 31

Published on: Apr 1, 2005

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Antiepileptic Drug,

Intractable Seizures,

Rolandic Epilepsy

© 2005 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 19 (2005): Issue 4