Risk factors for absence seizures: A population-based case-control study in rochester, Minnesota

Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1987, Pages 1309-1314

  Rocca, W A ^a   Sharbrough, F W ^b   Hauser, W A ^c   Annegers, J F ^d   Schoenberg, B S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MINNESOTA; RISK; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0023392010     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.37.8.1309     Document Type: Article

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