Which seizure-precipitating factors do patients with epilepsy most frequently report?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-89

  Nakken, Karl O ^a,f   Solaas, Marit H ^b   Kjeldsen, Marianne J ^c   Friis, Mogens L ^c   Pellock, John M ^d   Corey, Linda A ^e  

^a National Center for Epilepsy   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f National Center for Epilepsy Sandvika   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Seizure precipitating factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXERCISE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUATION; NORWAY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HEALTH; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECIPITATING FACTORS; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TWINS;

EID: 12144277964     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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