Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 211-216 , May 2010

Post-traumatic seizures—A prospective study from a tertiary level trauma center in a developing country

  • Amit Thapa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029, India
    • Department of Trauma Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029, India
    • ,
  • Sarat P. Chandra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029, India
    • Department of Trauma Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Neurosurgery, Room 607, 6th Floor, CN Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India. Tel.: +91 11 26594494.
    • ,
  • Sumit Sinha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029, India
    • Department of Trauma Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029, India
    • ,
  • V. Sreenivas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029, India
    • Department of Trauma Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029, India
    • ,
  • Bhawani S. Sharma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029, India
    • Department of Trauma Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029, India
    • ,
  • Manjari Tripathi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029, India
    • Department of Trauma Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029, India

Received 13 December 2009 ,Revised 23 January 2010 ,Accepted 5 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.02.004

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 211-216 , May 2010

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