Risk of recurrent seizures after two unprovoked seizures

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 429-434

  Hauser, W Allen ^a   Rich, Stephen S ^b   Lee, Ju R J ^c   Annegers, John F ^d   Anderson, V Elving ^e  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Ischemia Research and Education Foundation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0032510157     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199802123380704     Document Type: Article

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