Clinical pattern of newly-diagnosed seizures in Saudi Arabia: A prospective study of 263 children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 468-471

  Al Sulaiman, Abdulsalam A ^a,b   Ismail, Hassan M ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Children; Computed tomography (CT); EEG; Epilepsy; Saudi Arabia; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032883240     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050441     Document Type: Article

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