Long-term prognosis of seizures with onset in childhood

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 1715-1722

  Sillanpää, Matti ^a,c   Jalava, Merja ^a   Kaleva, Olli ^a   Shinnar, Shlomo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYABILITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032508055     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199806113382402     Document Type: Article

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