Epidemiologic study of epilepsy in young Singaporean men

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1384-1387

  Loh, Ngai Kun ^a,c   Lee, Wei Ling ^a   Yew, Woon Wah ^b   Tjia, Tjoei Lian ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^c NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic; Epilepsy; Epilepsy syndrome; Singapore; Young men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCREENING; SINGAPORE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032857301     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb02009.x     Document Type: Article

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