Recurrent seizures in the developing brain are harmful

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 728-734

  Wasterlain, Claude G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN MATURATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LITHIUM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECURRENCE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0030968914     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01244.x     Document Type: Note

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