The risk of unprovoked seizures after encephalitis and meningitis

Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 1407-1410

  Annegers, J F ^a,b,c   Hauser, W A ^a,b,c   Beghi, E ^a,b,c   Nicolosi, A ^a,b,c   Kurland, L T ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b and Epidemiology   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023712108     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.38.9.1407     Document Type: Article

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