Does gender influence susceptibility and consequences of acquired epilepsies?

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 72, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 125-130

  Perucca, Piero ^a,b,c   Camfield, Peter ^d   Camfield, Carol ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquired epilepsy; Cryptogenic epilepsy; Gender; Hippocampal sclerosis; Incidence; Prognosis; Stroke; Symptomatic epilepsy; Traumatic brain injury; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED EPILEPSY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CRYPTOGENIC EPILEPSY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STROKE;

EID: 84909639134     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2014.05.016     Document Type: Review

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