Natural course of epilepsy concomitant with CNS tuberculomas

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 107-111

  AlSemari, Abdulaziz ^a   Baz, Salah ^a   Alrabiah, Fahad ^a   Al Khairallah, Thamer ^a   Qadi, Najeeb ^a   Kareem, Abid ^a   Alrajhi, Abdulrahman A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anti epileptic; Antituberculous therapy; Epilepsy; Seizure; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 84857922548     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.10.032     Document Type: Article

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