The risks of seizure disorders among relatives of patients with childhood onset epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1982, Pages 174-179

  Annegers, J F ^a   Hauser, W A ^b   Anderson, V E ^c   Kurland, L T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITARY EPILEPSY; HEREDITY; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELATIVE; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONVULSIONS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PEDIGREE; RISK; SEIZURES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0020042837     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.32.2.174     Document Type: Article

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