Relations of genetic and environmental factors in the etiology of epilepsy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 442-449

  Ottman, Ruth ^a,c   Annegers, John F ^d   Risch, Neil ^e   Hauser, W Allen ^a,b   Susser, Mervyn ^a  

^a and Epidemiology   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RISK;

EID: 0029922016     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410390406     Document Type: Article

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