Hormonal effects on epilepsy in women

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL. 8, 1998, Pages

  Klein, Pavel ^a   Herzog, Andrew G ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catamenial epilepsy estrogen; Epilepsy; Progesterone; Steroids

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PREDNISONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CLOMIPHENE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EPILEPSY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICE; NEUROPEPTIDES; PREDNISONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; RATS;

EID: 0032253263     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb02602.x     Document Type: Article

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