Patients with generalised epilepsy have a higher white blood cell count than patients with focal epilepsy

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-63

  Sarkis, Rani A ^a   Jehi, Lara ^a   Silveira, Diosely ^a   Janigro, Damir ^b   Najm, Imad ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune; Leukocyte; Monocyte

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84859446843     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2012.0493     Document Type: Article

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