Factors predicting prognosis of epilepsy after presentation with seizures

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 833-841

  MacDonald, B K ^a   Johnson, A L ^b   Goodridge, D M ^c   Cockerell, O C ^a   Sander, J W A S ^a   Shorvon, S D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Warders Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0033663848     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200012)48:6<833::AID-ANA3>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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