Prodromal and early epileptic seizures in acute stroke: Does higher serum cholesterol protect?

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-252

  Devuyst, G ^a   Karapanayiotides, T ^a   Hottinger, I ^a   Van Melle, G ^b   Bogousslavsky, J ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; STROKE;

EID: 0037781671     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000070410.68541.7E     Document Type: Article

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