Incidence of epilepsies and epileptic syndromes in children and adolescents: A population-based prospective study in Germany

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 979-985

  Freitag, Christine M ^a   May, Theodor W ^b   Pfäfflin, Margarete ^b   König, Stephan ^c   Rating, Dietz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Epilepsy Research Foundation   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; ILAE classification; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GERMANY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; NORTH AMERICA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034864243     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.042008979.x     Document Type: Article

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