Prevalence of epilepsy in a case series of multiple sclerosis patients;Prevalência de epilepsia numa coorte de pacientes com esclerose múltipla

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 731-736

  Viveiros, Cynthia Dumas ^a   Alvarenga, Regina Maria Papais ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Post doctoral fellowship in Neurology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Epileptic seizure; Multiple sclerosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 78649498238     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2010000500011     Document Type: Article

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