Comparative clinical characteristics of early- and adult-onset multiple sclerosis patients with seizures

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 421-426

  Durmus, Hacer ^a   Kurtuncu, Murat ^b   Tuzun, Erdem ^a   Pehlivan, Munevver ^a   Akman Demir, Gulsen ^a   Yapıcı, Zuhal ^a   Eraksoy, Mefkure ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Early onset; Epilepsy; Multiple sclerosis; Seizure

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETA INTERFERON; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; GLATIRAMER; MITOXANTRONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT ONSET MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY ONSET MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891650590     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: 22402993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-013-0210-x     Document Type: Article

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