Epileptic seizures in multiple sclerosis: Clinical and EEG correlations

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 322-328

  Striano, P ^a   Orefice, G ^a   Brescia Morra, V ^a   Boccella, P ^a   Sarappa, C ^a   Lanzillo, R ^a   Vacca, G ^a   Striano, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; Interferon therapy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ALPHA1 INTERFERON; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA INTERFERON; BETA1 INTERFERON; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE SPASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VERTIGO;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-BETA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0346968304     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-003-0183-2     Document Type: Article

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