Physical injuries in patients with epilepsy and their associated risk factors

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-168

  Asadi Pooya, Ali A ^a,b   Nikseresht, Alireza ^c   Yaghoubi, Ehsan ^d   Nei, Maromi ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d YASUJ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Injury; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FALLING; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TOOTH INJURY;

ADULT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84858080259     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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