Long-term medical, educational, and social prognoses of childhood-onset epilepsy: A population-based study in a rural district of Japan

Brain and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 246-255

  Wakamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Nagao, Hideo ^b   Hayashi, Masatoshi ^a   Morimoto, Takehiko ^b  

^a Uwajima City Hospital   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Childhood onset epilepsy; Long term follow up; Long term prognosis; Recognition of epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRIVER LICENCE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RECOGNITION; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTS; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0034213031     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(00)00121-2     Document Type: Article

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