Injuries due to seizures in persons with epilepsy: A population-based study

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1565-1570

  Lawn, N D ^a,b   Bamlet, W R ^a   Radhakrishnan, K ^a,c   O'Brien, P C ^a   So, E L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DROP ATTACK; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPRAIN;

EID: 8644226161     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000142991.14507.B5     Document Type: Article

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