Familial occurrence of epilepsy in children with newly diagnosed multiple seizures: Dutch Study of Epilepsy in Childhood

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 331-336

  Callenbach, Petra M C ^a   Geerts, Ada T ^b   Arts, Willem Frans M ^c   Van Donselaar, Cees A ^d   Boudewyn Peters, A C ^e   Stroink, Hans ^d   Brouwer, Oebele F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031937036     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01382.x     Document Type: Article

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