Seizure precipitants in children with intractable epilepsy

Brain and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 527-532

  Fang, Peng Cheng ^a   Chen, Yung Jung ^b   Lee, Inn Chi ^c  

^a TAINAN SIN LAU HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Intractable; Seizure precipitant

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOISE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TELEVISION; TOUCH;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES;

EID: 47149090984     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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