Epileptic seizures after a first stroke: The Oxfordshire community stroke project

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7122, 1997, Pages 1582-1587

  Burn, John ^a   Dennis, Martin ^b   Bamford, John ^c   Sandercock, Peter ^b   Wade, Derick ^d   Warlow, Charles ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d RIVERMEAD REHABILITATION CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0030731968     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7122.1582     Document Type: Article

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