Incidence of epilepsy in rural Iceland: A population-based study

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 951-955

  Olafsson, Elías ^a,b   Hauser, W Allen ^b   Ludvigsson, Pétur ^a   Gudmundsson, Gunnar ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

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

Author keywords

Elderly; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Iceland; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0029815529     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00532.x     Document Type: Article

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