The influence of the full moon on seizure frequency: Myth or reality?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 596-597

  Benbadis, Selim R ^a   Chang, Stanley ^a   Hunter, Joel ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lunar cycle; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOON; RECORDING; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

EID: 4043053799     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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