The prevalence of thyrotoxicosis-related seizures

Thyroid

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 955-958

  Song, Tae Jin ^a   Kim, Sun Jung ^a   Kim, Gyu Sik ^b   Choi, Young Chul ^a   Kim, Won Joo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b National Health Insurance Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROTOXICOSIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; THYROTOXICOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956553633     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2009.0276     Document Type: Article

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