Children with post-stroke epilepsy have poorer outcomes one year after stroke
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Post-stroke seizure and post-stroke epilepsy.
Post-stroke seizure and post-stroke epilepsy are common causes of hospital admissions, either as a presenting feature or as a complication after a stroke. They require appropriate management and support in long term. With an increasingly ageing population, and age itself being an independent risk factor for stroke, the incidence and prevalence of post-stroke seizure and post-stroke epilepsy is ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Stroke
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1747-4930,1747-4949
DOI: 10.1177/1747493018784434