Age Factors and Antiepileptic Drug Withdrawal

Abstract

Age dependent factors concerning the withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs (AED) and seizure relapse rates, after a seizure-free period longer than 3 years, were evaluated in 304 patients with childhood epilepsies treated at the Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama City, Japan.

Keywords

• antiepileptic drugs
• epileptic syndromes
• preadolescence