This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/ANE.13183 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved DR. SUDHIR CHANDRA SARANGI (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-3587-0968) Article type : Original Article Seizure-recurrence risk in persons with epilepsy undergoing antiepileptic drug tapering Running title: Seizure recurrence in PWE undergoing AED tapering Sachin Kumar 1* , Sudhir Chandra Sarangi 1* , Manjari Tripathi 2 , Bhargavi Ramanujam 2 , Yogendra Kumar Gupta 1 1 Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. 2 Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. *Sachin Kumar and Sudhir Chandra Sarangi should be considered joint first author. Correspondence Dr. Sudhir Chandra Sarangi, Accepted Article