Posttraumatic epilepsy

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-188

  Kharatishvili, Irina ^a   Pitkänen, Asla ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Animal models; Early seizures; Epilepsy; Prevention; Risk factors; Traumatic brain injury; Unprovoked seizures

Indexed keywords

RAPAMYCIN; RIMONABANT;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 77949348040     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32833749e4     Document Type: Review

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