Are there real unprovoked/unprecipitated seizures?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 851-857

  Rajna, Peter ^a   Sólyom, András ^b   Mezofi, László ^c   Vargyai, Éva ^d  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSURGERY   (Hungary)

^c Kaposi Mor County Hospital   (Hungary)

^d Markhot Ferenc County Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; METEOROLOGY; SEIZURES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 53949090791     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.05.040     Document Type: Article

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