CPD - Education and self-assessment. The epidemiology of epilepsy: The size of the problem

Seizure

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 306-316

  Bell, G S ^a,b   Sander, J W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Incidence; Mortality; Prevalence; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SUDDEN DEATH; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; HOSPITALIZATION; STATISTICS;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE;

EID: 0034919450     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.2001.0584     Document Type: Article

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