Prevalence, classification, and severity of epilepsy in children in Western Norway

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 802-810

  Waaler, P E ^a,b   Blom, B H ^c   Skeidsvoll, H ^b   Mykletun, A ^d  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Institute of Research Methods   (Norway)

Author keywords

Children; Classification; Epilepsy; Prevalence; Severity

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033948562     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00246.x     Document Type: Article

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