Predictors of multiple seizures in a cohort of children prospectively followed from the time of their first unprovoked seizure

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 140-147

  Shinnar, Shlomo ^a,b,d   Berg, Anne T ^c   O'Dell, Christine ^a   Newstein, David ^a   Moshe, Solomon L ^a   Hauser, W Allen ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Epidemiology   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033863879     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200008)48:2<140::AID-ANA2>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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