Balance performance in adult epilepsy patients

Seizure

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 582-589

  Gandelman Marton, Revital ^a   Arlazoroff, Aharon ^a   Dvir, Zeevi ^b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Posturography

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STABILOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33750493601     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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