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Alvarez, Norberto – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1989
Followup 8 years after reduction of antiepileptic drugs in 50 institutionalized developmentally disabled epileptic patients found recurrence of seizures in 26 patients. Predictors for a seizure-free state off medication included few documented seizures in lifetime, no gross neurological abnormalities, and persistently normal electroencephalograms.…
Descriptors: Adults, Developmental Disabilities, Drug Therapy, Epilepsy
