Poststroke seizures in stroke rehabilitation patients

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 84-87

  Teasell, Robert W ^a,b   McRae, Marc P ^a,b   Wiebe, Samuel ^a,b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Rehabilitation; Seizures; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005386581     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-3057(99)80059-7     Document Type: Article

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