Prevalence and incidence of epilepsy in childhood;Prevalencia e incidencia de la epilepsia en la infancia

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Palencia, R ^a  

^a Hospital Universitario de Valladolid ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Frequency; Incidence; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033944347     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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