Predictors and long-term outcome of seizures after bacterial brain abscess

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 913-917

  Chuang, Ming Jung ^a   Chang, Wen Neng ^a   Chang, Hsueh Wen ^b   Lin, Wei Che ^a   Tsai, Nai Wen ^a   Hsieh, Mei Jen ^a   Wang, Hung Chen ^a   Lu, Cheng Hsien ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955756996     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.195073     Document Type: Article

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