title: Antiepileptic drug therapy in younger patients: when to start, when to stop.
abstract: Decisions about whether and how long to treat seizures in children and adolescents should be based on rational criteria and knowledge of the natural history of epileptic syndromes, rather than on the presumption that all seizures should be treated at any cost.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Montefiore/AECOM Epilepsy Management Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zacharowicz
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Moshé
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012640:Seizures / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants