Epilepsy after penetrating head injury. I. Clinical correlates: A report of the Vietnam Head Injury Study

Neurology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1985, Pages 1406-1414

  Salazar, Andres M ^a   Jabbari, Bahman ^a   Vance, Stephen C ^a   Grafman, Jordan ^a   Amin, Dina ^b   Dillon, J D ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SOLDIER; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; EPILEPSY, POST-TRAUMATIC; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; VIETNAM; WAR;

EID: 0021931776     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.35.10.1406     Document Type: Article

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