Open AccessRisk of recurrence after discontinuation of antiepileptic drug therapy in children with epilepsy
Author(s) -
Faruk İncecik,
Özlem Hergüner,
Şakìr Altunbaşak,
Gülen Gül Mert,
Nurcihan Kiriş
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.139262
Subject(s) - discontinuation , medicine , epilepsy , pediatrics , etiology , multivariate analysis , univariate analysis , drug withdrawal , electroencephalography , neuroimaging , febrile seizure , antiepileptic drug , psychiatry , drug
The numerous antiepileptic drug (AED) withdrawal studies published in the last 40 years have relied mainly on heterogeneous study groups. There is still no general agreement on the criteria to predict safe discontinuation. The goal of this study was to assess the outcome of AED withdrawal in epileptic children.