Epilepsy in young people: 23 year follow up of the British national child development study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7128, 1998, Pages 339-342

  Kurtz, Zarrina ^a   Tookey, Pat ^a,b   Ross, Euan ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032583859     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7128.339     Document Type: Article

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