Risk of seizure recurrence after the first late posttraumatic seizure

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 835-840

  Haltiner, Alan M ^a   Temkin, Nancy R ^a,b   Dikmen, Sureyya S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY;

EID: 0030809662     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(97)90196-9     Document Type: Article

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