Age-specific incidence and prevalence rates of treated epilepsy in an unselected population of 2,052,922 and age-specific fertility rates of women with epilepsy

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9145, 1998, Pages 1970-1973

  Wallace, H ^a   Shorvon, S ^a   Tallis, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA BASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032570128     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)04512-7     Document Type: Article

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