Medial temporal lobe epilepsy: Gender differences

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 773-775

  Janszky, J ^a,b   Schulz, R ^a   Janszky, I ^c   Ebner, A ^a  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 1942453309     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.020941     Document Type: Article

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