Stroke-related seizures and epilepsy

Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-149

  De Reuck, Jacques L ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic; Drugs; Early onset seizures; Electroencephalography; Late onset seizures; Neuroimaging; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; WARFARIN;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; PARIETAL LOBE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34248548721     PISSN: 00283843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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