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Response to Early AED Therapy and Its Prognostic Implications by Jacqueline A. French is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Response to Early AED Therapy and Its Prognostic Implications about?
Determining the prognosis of patients when they first present with epilepsy is a difficult task. Several clinical studies have shed light on this very important topic. Potential predictors of the refractory state, including seizure etiology, duration of epilepsy before treatment, and epilepsy type, have not been successful indicators of long-term outcome. One predictor of the refractory state appears to be early response to AED therapy. Inadequate seizure control after initial treatment is a poor prognostic sign. Recent research into genetic causes of the refractory state has included investigation of the multiple drug resistance gene, and polymorphisms at drug targets. More work is needed to determine the causes and predictors of drug resistance.
Who reads Response to Early AED Therapy and Its Prognostic Implications?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Medicine.
- Author
- Jacqueline A. French
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; SAGE Publications; American Epilepsy Society; Malden MA: Blackwell Science, ©2001-; West Hartford CT: American Epilepsy Society with the assistance of Allen Press; [Thousand Oaks CA]: SAGE Publications (ISSN 1535-7597)
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)