Epilepsy classification and factors associated with control in Saudi adult patients

Seizure

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 501-504

  Abduljabbar, Mohammed ^a   Ogunniyi, Adesola ^a   Daif, Abdulkader ^a   Al Tahan, Abdulrahman ^a   Al Bunyan, Muneera ^a   Al Rajeh, Saad ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Classification; Control; Epilepsy; Prognosis; Saudis; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032436182     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(98)80010-1     Document Type: Article

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