Incidence and clinical characterization of unprovoked seizures in adults: A prospective population-based study

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 224-229

  Forsgren, Lars ^a   Bucht, Gösta ^a   Eriksson, Sture ^a   Bergmark, Lars ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Etiology; Incidence; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STROKE; SWEDEN; SYNCOPE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030028792     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00017.x     Document Type: Article

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