Do seizures beget seizures? An assessment of the clinical evidence in humans

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 102-110

  Berg, Anne T ^a   Shinnar, Shlomo ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Long term outcome; Seizure remission; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CHRONICITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN INJURIES; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; HUMANS; PHENYTOIN; SEIZURES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0031401651     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199703000-00003     Document Type: Review

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