The phenomenology of seizures and epilepsy after stroke

Journal of Epilepsy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 233-240

  Lambrakis, Christos C ^b   Lancman, Marcelo E ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Epilepsy; Seizure; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STROKE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0032170895     PISSN: 08966974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6974(98)00029-2     Document Type: Review

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