Early clinical predictors of intractable epilepsy in childhood
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Early clinical predictors of intractable epilepsy in childhood.
AIM In this retrospective study, we evaluated the clinical responses to antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy in pediatric epilepsy patients treated at a single center. MATERIALS AND METHODS We identified 28 children with intractable epilepsy and 213 patients with drug-responsive epilepsy. RESULTS Univariate analysis showed that age at onset, high (daily) initial seizure frequency, infantile spa...
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عنوان ژورنال: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1300-0144,1303-6165
DOI: 10.3906/sag-1302-4