Seizure frequency is associated with age at menopause in women with epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 451-455

  Harden, Cynthia L ^a   Koppel, B S ^b   Herzog, A G ^c   Nikolov, B G ^a   Hauser, W A ^d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; ONSET AGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0041429623     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000081228.48016.44     Document Type: Article

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