A practical review and approach to poststroke seizures

Reviews in Neurological Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 10-15

  Panezai, Spozhmy ^a   Neiman, Eli S ^a   Andriola, Mary ^b   Chokroverty, Sudhansu ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous EEG monitoring; Early onset seizures; Electroencephalography; Late onset seizures; Poststroke seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; TOPIRAMATE; ZONISAMIDE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASOSPASM; WORD RECOGNITION;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82555173898     PISSN: 15452913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3909/rind0266     Document Type: Review

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