Seizures in acute stroke: Incidence, risk factors and prognosis

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-50

  Procaccianti, Gaetano ^a   Zaniboni, Anna ^a   Rondelli, Francesca ^a   Crisci, Michela ^a   Sacquegna, Tommaso ^a  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical involvement; Hemorrhagic transformation; Hyperglycemia; Seizures; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; THROMBOSIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; STROKE;

EID: 84863516617     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338374     Document Type: Article

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