Seizure recurrence after a 1st unprovoked seizure: An extended follow-up

Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1990, Pages 1163-1170

  Hauser, W Allen ^a   Rich, Stephen S ^b   Annegers, John F ^c   Anderson, V Elving ^b  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025031682     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.40.8.1163     Document Type: Article

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