Frequency of provocative factors in epileptic patients admitted for seizures: A prospective study in Singapore

Seizure

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 464-469

  Tan, Joo Hui ^a   Wilder Smith, Einar ^a   Lim, Erle C H ^a,b   Ong, Benjamin K C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Education; Epilepsy; Hospital admissions; Provocative factors; Seizure; Seizure precipitants; Singapore; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SINGAPORE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS; SUPERINFECTION;

ADULT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 27644569341     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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