Does menopause affect the epilepsy?

Seizure

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 172-175

  Røste, Line Sveberg ^a   Taubøll, Erik ^a,b   Svalheim, Sigrid ^a   Gjerstad, Leif ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hormones; Menopause; Perimenopause

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

AWARENESS; CATAMENIAL EPILEPSY; COMORBIDITY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; DITERPENES, ABIETANE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE;

EID: 38949120541     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.11.019     Document Type: Review

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