Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: for less than 2 years, 43.8% experienced a recurrence of seizures following drug withdrawal.In comparison, 46% of patients treated for longer than 2 years experienced seizure recurrence.It is useful to have ball-park fi gures to give families some idea of the risks and possible time scales of recurrence of seizures when withdrawing AEDs.These fi gures come from bundling together outcomes from groups of children with different epilepsies-more specifi c and worthwhile advice would come from taking account of the cause and the epilepsy syndrome if possible.
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood
Authors: D. Hindley, H. Staniforth
Institutions: Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2118734745