Solitary epileptic seizure - The risk of recurrence

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 16-20

  Kollár, Branislav ^a   Buranová, Darina ^a   Goldenberg, Zoltán ^a   Klobučníková, Katarína ^a   Varsik, Pavel ^a  

^a Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Risk of recurrence of solitary epileptic seizure; Solitary unprovoked epileptic seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745655617     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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