Seizures after decompressive hemicraniectomy for ischaemic stroke

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 721-725

  Creutzfeldt, C J ^a   Tirschwell, D L ^a   Kim, L J ^a   Schubert, G B ^a   Longstreth, W T ^a   Becker, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE HEMICRANIECTOMY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

NEUROSURGERY; REHABILITATION; STROKE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84902121762     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-305678     Document Type: Article

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