Early seizures in first-ever acute stroke patients in India: Incidence, predictive factors and impact on early outcome

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1361-1366

  Goswami, R P ^a   Karmakar, P S ^b   Ghosh, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Early mortality; Early seizures; Haemorrhagic stroke; India; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; SEIZURE; STROKE ASSOCIATED EARLY SEIZURE; STROKE PATIENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEIZURES; STROKE;

EID: 84866287788     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03782.x     Document Type: Article

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