Distribution of epilepsy syndromes in a cohort of children prospectively monitored from the time of their first unprovoked seizure

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1378-1383

  Shinnar, Shlomo ^a,c   O'Dell, Christine ^a   Berg, Anne T ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy syndrome; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SEIZURE; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032823107     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb02008.x     Document Type: Article

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