Predictors of intractable epilepsy in childhood: A case-control study

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-30

  Berg, Anne T ^a,d   Levy, Susan R ^b   Novotny, Edward J ^b   Shinnar, Shlomo ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d School of Allied Health Professions   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at onset; Epilepsy; Intractable epilepsy; Prognosis; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROCEPHALY; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0030058842     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00507.x     Document Type: Article

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