Acute symptomatic seizures - Incidence and etiological spectrum: A hospital-based study from South India

Seizure

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 162-165

  Murthy, J M K ^a   Yangala, Ravi ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute symptomatic seizures; Cortical venous thrombosis; Infections of central nervous system; Neurocysticercosis; Single CT enhancing lesion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0033137033     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.1998.0251     Document Type: Article

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