Management of stoke-related seizures

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 271-276

  De Reuck, Jacques L ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Cortical infarction; Hemorrhagic stroke; Lacunar infarct; Non convulsive spells; Partial anterior circulation syndrome; Seizures; Status epilepticus; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTERY DISEASE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SMOKING; STROKE; STROKE UNIT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; WHITE MATTER;

ANTICONVULSANTS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; STROKE;

EID: 75149136496     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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