Might calcium disorders cause or contribute to myoclonic seizures in epileptics?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 969-974

  Thiel, R ^a  

^a Center for Natural Health Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM METABOLISM; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; HYPOTHESIS; INFANTILE SPASM; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PARATHYROID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND;

CALCIUM; CLINICAL TRIALS; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 32144431642     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.11.018     Document Type: Article

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