Day/night patterns of focal seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-49

  Pavlova, Milena K ^a,b   Shea, Steven A ^b   Bromfield, Edward B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Seizures; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Time of day

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TIME; VIDEORECORDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURE; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEIZURES; SLEEP; TIME; VIDEO RECORDING; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 1542378048     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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