The risk of seizure recurrence after a first unprovoked afebrile seizure in childhood: An extended follow-up

Pediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 216-225

  Shinnar, Shlomo ^a,c,d   Berg, Anne T ^b   Moshe, Solomon L ^a   O'Dell, Christine ^a   Alemany, Marta ^a   Newstein, David ^a   Kang, Harriet ^a   Goldensohn, Eli S ^a   Hauser, W Allen ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

electroencephalography; epilepsy; prognosis; seizure; status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SLEEP; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029774716     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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