Preoperative and postoperative seizures in patients with astrocytic tumours: Analysis of incidence and influencing factors

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 426-429

  Hwang, Shiuh Lin ^a   Lieu, Ann Shung ^a   Kuo, Tai Hong ^b   Lin, Chih Lung ^a   Chang, Chih Zen ^a   Huang, Tzuu Yuan ^a   Howng, Shen Long ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Armed Forces Tso Ying Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Epilepsy; Glioma; Incidence; Influencing factors

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER GRADING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0034858021     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.2000.0825     Document Type: Article

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