Epilepsy in patients 60 years and above

Neurosciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-55

  Mousali, Yahya M ^a   Obeid, Tahir H ^a   Al Gahtani, Hussein A ^a   Al Janadi, Mansour A ^a   Attar, Ahmed A ^a   Dammas, Hassnah O ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; SEIZURE; STROKE;

EID: 58549114680     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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