Adult-onset epilepsy and history of childhood febrile seizures: A retrospective study

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 463-465

  Mohebbi, Mohammad Reza ^a,c   Navipour, Reza ^a   SeyedKazemi, Mojdeh ^b   Zamanian, Hadi ^a   Khamseh, Fatemeh ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Convulsion; Febrile seizure; Genetic; Partial epilepsy; Seizure; Unprovoked

Indexed keywords

TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 12144269556     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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