Ischaemic stroke in adults and epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Menon, Bindu ^a   Shorvon, Simon D ^b  

^a NARAYANA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Ischaemic stroke; Seizures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ETIRACETAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PIRACETAM; VALPROIC ACID;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; LANCE ADAM MYOCLONUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTOR RETARDATION; MYOCLONUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN INFARCTION; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70350654386     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.08.007     Document Type: Review

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