Single seizure and epilepsy in patients with a cerebral territorial infarct

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 127-130

  De Reuck, Jacques ^a   De Groote, Liesbeth ^a   Van Maele, Georges ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Infarct location; Ischemic stroke; Seizure onset; Seizure type; Stroke type; Stroke related seizures; Treatment strategy; Vascular risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; STROKE;

EID: 45849130538     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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