Childhood-onset epilepsy with and without preceding febrile seizures

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1742-1748

  Berg, Anne T ^a   Shinnar, Shlomo ^b   Levy, Susan R ^c   Testa, Francine M ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood onset epilepsy; Epidemiology; Epilepsy syndrome; Febrile seizures; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0033544408     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.8.1742     Document Type: Article

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