Prophylaxis of the epilepsies : Should anti-epileptic drugs be used for preventing seizures after acute brain injury?

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-13

  Grisar, T ^a,b   Bottin, P ^a   de Borchgrave d'Altena V ^a   Brichart, C ^a   Delcourt, C ^a   Dubru, J M ^a   Foulon, M ^a   Ghariani, S ^a   Hotermans, C ^a   Legros, B ^a   Ossemann, M ^a   Sadzot, B ^a   Tugendhaft, P ^a   Van Bogaert, P ^a   van Rijckevorsel, K ^a   Verheulpen, D ^a  

^a Groupe Travail des Ctr Francophones   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CARBAMAZEPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE ENDING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 20244374098     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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