High prevalence of eating epilepsy in Sri Lanka

Seizure

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 604-605

  Seneviratne, Udaya ^a,b   Seetha, T ^a   Pathirana, Rasika ^a   Rajapakse, Padmamali ^a  

^a Ratnapura General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Eating epilepsy; Observations; Provoking factors; Seizure

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLEX EPILEPSY; SCHOOL CHILD; SRI LANKA; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0344237170     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(03)00110-9     Document Type: Article

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