Is the underlying cause of epilepsy a major prognostic factor for recurrence?

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1256-1262

  Semah, Franck ^a,b   Picot, M C ^c   Adam, C ^a   Broglin, D ^a   Arzimanoglou, A ^a   Bazin, B ^a   Cavalcanti, D ^a   Baulac, M ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0031744007     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.5.1256     Document Type: Article

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