The incidence rate of post-stroke epilepsy: A 5-year follow-up study in Taiwan

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 188-194

  Chen, Ta Cheng ^a,b   Chen, Yen Yu ^a,b,c   Cheng, Pei Yu ^a   Lai, Chien Hsu ^a,b  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarct; Epilepsy; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Post stroke epilepsy; Stroke; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84870295468     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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