Prevalence of childhood epilepsy in Estonia

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1011-1019

  Beilmann, A ^a   Napa, A ^a   Soot A ^a   Talvik, I ^a   Talvik, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Childhood; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Prevalence; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ESTONIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; EPILEPSY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033054182     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00811.x     Document Type: Article

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