A prospective, population-based epidemiologic study of status epilepticus in Richmond, Virginia

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1029-1035

  DeLorenzo, R J ^a   Hauser, W A ^b   Towne, A R ^a   Boggs, J G ^a   Pellock, J M ^a   Penberthy, L ^a   Garnett, L ^a   Fortner, C A ^a   Ko, D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029928372     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.4.1029     Document Type: Article

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