Early seizures in patients with acute stroke: Frequency, predictive factors, and effect on clinical outcome

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 715-720

  Alberti, Andrea ^a   Paciaroni, Maurizio ^a   Caso, Valeria ^a   Venti, Michele ^a   Palmerini, Francesco ^a   Agnelli, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical involvement; Hemorrhagic transformation; Seizures; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47849097357     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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