Can patients with epilepsy predict their seizures?

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 262-266

  Haut, Sheryl R ^a,b   Hall, Charles B ^a   LeValley, Aaron J ^a   Lipton, Richard B ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SEIZURE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 33846438703     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000252352.26421.13     Document Type: Article

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