Clinical indicators of genetic susceptibility to epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 353-361

  Ottman, Ruth ^a,c   Lee, Joseph H ^a   Risch, Neil ^d   Hauser, W Allen ^a,b   Susser, Mervyn ^a  

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

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Human genetics; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0029874439     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00571.x     Document Type: Article

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