Watershed infarctions are more prone than other cortical infarcts to cause early-onset seizures

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1219-1223

  Denier, Christian ^a,d   Masnou, Pascal ^a   Mapoure, Yacouba ^a   Souillard Scemama, Raphaelle ^a,c   Guedj, Thierry ^a   Thëaudin, Marie ^a   Fagniez, Ombeline ^a,c   Join Lambert, Claire ^a,c   Lozeron, Pierre ^a   Ducot, Béatrice ^b   Ducreux, Denis ^a,c,d   Adams, David ^a,c,d  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d Universite Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY ONSET SEIZURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFARCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SMOKING; STROKE UNIT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WATERSHED INFARCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957943296     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.263     Document Type: Article

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