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

Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1987, Pages 1315-1322

  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 and Epidemiology   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MINNESOTA; RISK;

EID: 0023395648     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.37.8.1315     Document Type: Article

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