Age of seizure onset in adults with Down's syndrome

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 442-444

  Puri, B K ^a,b,c   Ho, K W ^a,b,c   Singh, I ^a,b,c  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; ENGLAND; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034814141     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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