Poststroke epilepsy: Occurrence, predictors and treatment

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1801-1809

  Slapø, Geir D ^a   Lossius, Morten I ^a,b   Gjerstad, Leif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute symptomatic seizure; Early seizures; Epilepsy; Late seizures; Poststroke epilepsy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

AGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; NEUROPROTECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE; STROKE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33845888518     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.6.12.1801     Document Type: Review

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