Alcoholic epilepsy: A unified and dynamic classification

European Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-17

  Bartolomei, Fabrice ^a   Suchet, Laurent ^a   Barrie, Maryline ^a   Gastaut, Jean Louis ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol withdrawal; Alcoholism; Epilepsy; Kindling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINDLING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ATROPHY; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 0031014033     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000117397     Document Type: Article

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