New-onset seizures in adults: Possible association with consumption of popular energy drinks

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 504-508

  Iyadurai, Stanley Jones P ^a   Chung, Steve S ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy drinks; New onset seizures

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; PLANT EXTRACT; TAURINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; BEVERAGES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES;

EID: 34147184245     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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