Severe, uncontrolled hypertension and adult-onset seizures: A case- control study in Rochester, Minnesota

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 736-741

  Hesdorffer, D C ^a,b   Hauser, W A ^a,b,c   Annegers, J F ^b,d   Rocca, W A ^b  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diuretics; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029842754     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00644.x     Document Type: Article

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