Atmospheric pressure and seizure frequency in the epilepsy unit: Preliminary observations

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1764-1767

  Doherty, Michael J ^a,c   Youn, Clover ^b   Gwinn, Ryder P ^a   Haltiner, Alan M ^a  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Barometric; Hyperbaric; Seattle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; TELEMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; SEIZURES; TELEMETRY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WASHINGTON;

EID: 34548436654     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01111.x     Document Type: Article

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