Clinical features of late-onset poststroke seizures

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 583-586

  Okuda, Shiho ^a   Takano, Shin ^a   Ueno, Masao ^a   Hamaguchi, Hirotoshi ^b   Kanda, Fumio ^b  

^a Hyogo Rehabilitation Center Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

cortical infarction; epilepsy; infarction size; late seizures; Stroke related seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LATE ONSET POSTSTROKE SEIZURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866648385     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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