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. 2015 May-Jun;15(3):144-52.
doi: 10.5698/1535-7597-15.3.144.

Evidence-Based Guideline: Management of an Unprovoked First Seizure in Adults: Report of the Guideline Development Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society

A Krumholz  1 , S Wiebe  2 , G S Gronseth  3 , D S Gloss  4 , A M Sanchez  5 , A A Kabir  5 , A T Liferidge  6 , J P Martello  5 , A M Kanner  7 , S Shinnar  8 , J L Hopp  5 , J A French  9
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Evidence-Based Guideline: Management of an Unprovoked First Seizure in Adults: Report of the Guideline Development Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society

A Krumholz et al. Epilepsy Curr. 2015 May-Jun.
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FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.
Percentages of patients with first seizure experiencing a recurrent seizure over time. This graph is based on a fixed-effect pooled percentage model from data in table 1 and shows the cumulative average and the range for each time period from 1 month to more than 5 years.
FIGURE 2.
FIGURE 2.
Cumulative proportion of patients experiencing a seizure recurrence after randomization, comparing immediate vs deferred treatment. Cumulative proportion of patients with an unprovoked first seizure experiencing a seizure recurrence after randomization and comparing patients with immediate antiepileptic drug treatment vs patients with treatment deferred pending a seizure recurrence (A), and in this specific study, comparing those individuals with patients who had multiple seizures before randomization to treatment (B). Reprinted from The Lancet (Marson et al. Immediate versus deferred antiepileptic drug treatment for early epilepsy and single seizures: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2005;365:2007–2013), © 2005, with permission from Elsevier.
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