Seizures after head trauma: A population study

Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1980, Pages 683-689

  Annegers, John F ^a   Grabow, Jack D ^a   Groover, Robert V ^a   Laws, Edward R ^a   Elveback, Lila R ^a   Kurland, Leonard T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMATOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; HEAD INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS; WAR;

EID: 0018936038     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.30.7.683     Document Type: Article

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