Serum prolactin levels in repetitive temporal epileptic seizures

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 365-368

  Siniscalchi, A ^a   Gallelli, Luca ^b   Mercuri, N B ^c   De Sarro, G ^b  

^a ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Repetitive seizures in wakefulness; Serum prolactin; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PROLACTIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADD ON THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WAKEFULNESS;

AGED; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROLACTIN;

EID: 58249102999     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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