Incidence of first epileptic seizures in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 547-552

  Jallon, Pierre ^a,b   Goumaz, Michel ^a   Haenggeli, Charles ^a   Morabia, Alfredo ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Clinic Universitaire d'Ophtalmologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Classification; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Incidence; Risk factors; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0030905760     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01139.x     Document Type: Article

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