Betel nut indulgence as a cause of epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 406-408

  Huang, Zhiling ^a   Xiao, Bo ^b   Wang, Xiaoqing ^a   Li, Youyuan ^a   Deng, Hongbo ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Betel nut; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARECAIDINE; ARECOLINE; BETEL EXTRACT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GUVACINE; GUVACOLINE;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0042355523     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(02)00377-1     Document Type: Article

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