Seizure precipitants (triggering factors) in patients with epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 101-105

  Ferlisi, Monica ^a,b   Shorvon, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Generalized and partial epilepsies; Seizure precipitants; Sleep deprivation; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; MENTAL STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896140384     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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