Outcomes after discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs after surgery in patients with low grade brain tumors and meningiomas

Low grade tumors are associated with a high risk of seizures. Prolonged use of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) is associated with morbidity. Determining which patients can safely discontinue AEDs perioperatively is difficult. We examined patients with low grade supratentorial brain tumors to determine ch...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of neuro-oncology 2012-05, Vol.107 (3), p.565-570
Hauptverfasser:	Das, Rohit R., Artsy, Elinor, Hurwitz, Shelley, Wen, Patrick Y., Black, Peter, Golby, Alexandra, Dworetzky, Barbara, Lee, Jong Woo
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use Antiepileptic agents Brain Neoplasms - complications Brain Neoplasms - surgery Brain tumors Clinical Study - Patient Study Data processing Female Humans Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Meningeal Neoplasms - complications Meningeal Neoplasms - surgery meningioma Meningioma - complications Meningioma - surgery Middle Aged Morbidity Neurology Oncology Recurrence Retrospective Studies Risk factors Seizures Seizures - epidemiology Seizures - etiology Seizures - prevention & control Sex Surgery Treatment Outcome Young Adult
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