Effect of stress related to the 9/11/2001 terror attack on seizures in patients with epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1815-1816

  Klein, Pavel ^a,b   Van Passel, Leonie ^a,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Mid Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; TERRORISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 18844363496     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000162026.52300.3C     Document Type: Article

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