Identifying drug‐resistant epilepsy using Swedish National Patient Registry data
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Authors
- Cecilia Bartholdson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5807-3438)
- Ronny Wickström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1183-150X)
- Heléne E.K. Sundelin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8189-4098)
- Arvind Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8044-9195)
- Matilda Modigh
- Elina Tayebi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6912-2105)
Institutions
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
- Science for Life Laboratory (SE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epileptic Disorders
- Published
- 2026-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/epd2.70389
- Primary Topic
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00