Incidence of epileptic syndromes in Rochester, Minnesota: 1980-1984

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1708-1714

  Zarrelli, Michele M ^a   Beghi, Ettore ^b,c   Rocca, Walter A ^d   Hauser, W Allen ^e  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Classification; Epileptic syndromes; Incidence; Rochester, Minnesota; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032806451     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb01587.x     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League Against Epilepsy. Proposal for classification of epilepsies and epileptic syndromes. Epilepsia 1985;26:268-78.
2. Commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League Against Epilepsy. Proposal for revised classification of epilepsies and epileptic syndromes. Epilepsia 1989;66:389-99.
3. Bauer G. Seizure types and epileptic syndromes in adults. Eur Neurol 1994;34(suppl.1):13-17.
4. Loiseau P, Duche B, Loiseau J. Classification of epilepsies and epileptic syndromes in two different samples of patients. Epilepsia 1991;32:303-9.
5. Eadie MJ. The I.L.A.E. classification of the epilepsies applied retrospectively to 1902 patients. Epilepsy Res 1996;25:277-84.
6. Osservatorio Regionale per l'Epilessia (OREp), Lombardy. ILAE classification of epilepsies: its applicability and practical value of different diagnostic categories. Epilepsia 1996;37:1051-9.
7. Shah KN, Rajadhyaksha SB, Shah VS, Dhah NS, Desai VG. Experience with the International League Against Epilepsy Classification of epileptic seizures (1981) and epilepsies and epileptic syndrome (1989) in epileptic children in a developing country. Epilepsia 1992;33:1072-7.
8. Ohtsuka Y, Ohno S, Oka E, Ohtahara S. Classification of epilepsies and epileptic syndromes of childhood according to the 1989 ILAE classification. J Epilepsy 1993;6:272-6.
9. Oka E, Sumio I, Ohtsuka Y, Ohtahara S. Neuroepidemiological study of childhood epilepsy by application of International Classification of Epilepsies and Epileptic Syndromes (ILAE, 1989). Epilepsia 1995;36:658-61.
10. Loiseau J, Loiseau P, Guyot M, Duche B, Dartigues JF, Aublet B. Survey of seizure disorders in the French southwest. I. Incidence of epileptic syndromes. Epilepsia 1990;31:391-6.
11. Hauser WA, Annegers JF, Kurland LT. Incidence of epilepsy and unprovoked seizures in Rochester, Minnesota: 1935-1984. Epilepsia 1993;34:453-68.
12. Melton LJ III. History of the Rochester Epidemiology Project. Mayo Clin Proc 1996;71:266-74.
13. Commission on Epidemiology and Prognosis, International League Against Epilepsy. Guidelines for epidemiologic studies on epilepsy. Epilepsia 1993;34:592-6.
14. Commission on Classification and Terminology of The International League Against Epilepsy. Proposal for revised clinical and electroencephalographic classification of epileptic seizures. Epilepsia 1981;22:489-501.
15. Schroeder DJ, Offord KP. A SAS macro which utilizes local and reference population counts appropriate for incidence, prevalence, and mortality rate calculations in Rochester and Olmsted County Minnesota. Technical Report Series 20. Rochester MN: Mayo Clinic, Section of Medical Research Statistics, 1982;5-7.
16. Hauser WA, Annegers JF, Rocca WA. Descriptive epidemiology of epilepsy: contributions of population-based studies from Rochester, Minnesota. Mayo Clin Proc 1996;71:576-86.
17. Rothman KJ. Modern epidemiology. Boston: Little, Brown, 1986.
18. Annegers JF, Hauser WA, Lee JR-J, Rocca WA. Secular trends and birth cohort effects in unprovoked seizures: Rochester, Minnesota 1935-1984. Epilepsia 1995;36:575-9.
19. Olafsson E, Hauser WA, Ludvigsson P, Gudmundsson G. Incidence of epilepsy in rural Iceland: a population-based study. Epilepsia 1996;37:951-5.
20. Manford M, Hart YM, Sander JWAS, Shorvon SD. The National General Practice Study of Epilepsy: the syndrome classification of the International League Against Epilepsy applied to epilepsy in a general population. Arch Neurol 1992;49:801-8.
21. Hauser WA, Hesdorrfer DG. Epilepsy: frequency, causes, and consequences. New York: Demos Publications, 1990:21-8.