Clinical predictors of late-onset seizures and epilepsy in patients with cerebrovascular disease

European Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 68-72

  De Reuck, J ^a   Goethals, M ^a   Vonck, K ^a   Van Maele, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epilepsy, cerebrovascular disease; Late onset seizures; Neurological impairment; Vascular risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES;

EID: 27544490757     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087715     Document Type: Article

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