Predictors of refractory epilepsy in North India: A case-control study

Seizure

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 779-783

  Tripathi, Manjari ^a   Padhy, Uma Prasad ^a   Vibha, Deepti ^a   Bhatia, Rohit ^a   Padma Srivastava, M V ^a   Singh, Mamta Bhushan ^a   Prasad, Kameshwar ^a   Chandra, Sarat P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Intractable; Predictors; Refractory; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054824752     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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