Editorial: Epilepsy and trauma: A persistent challenge

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 202-203

  Willmore, L James ^a   Lowenstein, Daniel H ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTLE INJURY; BRAIN CONTUSION; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; EDITORIAL; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY; BRAIN INJURY; EPILEPSY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NOTE;

BRAIN INJURIES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES;

EID: 77954976016     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181e8e94f     Document Type: Editorial

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