Incidence of epilepsy in childhood and adolescence: A population-based study in Nova Scotia from 1977 to 1985

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-23

  Camfield, Carol S ^a,b   Camfield, Peter R ^a   Gordon, Kevin ^a   Wirrell, Elaine ^a   Dooley, Joseph M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Incidence; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CANADA; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0030034893     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00506.x     Document Type: Article

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