Refractory seizures in a young army cohort

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 471-474

  Loh, N K ^a   Lee, W L ^a   Yew, W W ^b   Tjia, T L ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Complex febrile seizure; Epilepsy surgery; Partial seizures; Young onset

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALAYSIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SINGAPORE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030760982     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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