Risk Factors for Posttraumatic Seizures in Adults

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 10, 2003, Pages 18-20

  Temkin, Nancy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Head injury; Posttraumatic seizures; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DURA MATER; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARIETAL LOBE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUPIL REFLEX; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SKULL FRACTURE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TIME; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EPILEPSY, POST-TRAUMATIC; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SKULL FRACTURES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0142136046     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.44.s10.6.x     Document Type: Review

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