Post-stroke seizure and post-stroke epilepsy

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 971, 2006, Pages 568-572

  Myint, P K ^a,b,c   Staufenberg, E F A ^c,d   Sabanathan, K ^b,c  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d Little Plumstead Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

AGING; ATAXIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIZZINESS; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INCIDENCE; NERVE BLOCK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; RASH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; TREMOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREVALENCE; SEIZURES; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33749166175     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2005.041426     Document Type: Review

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