Mortality risk in children with epilepsy: The Dutch study of epilepsy in childhood

Pediatrics

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1259-1263

  Callenbach, Petra M C ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a   Geerts, Ada T ^b   Arts, Willem Frans M ^c   Peeters, Els A J ^d   Van Donselaar, Cees A ^b   Peters, A C Boudewyn ^e   Stroink, Hans ^f   Brouwer, Oebele F ^a,g  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Follow up; Mortality; Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034995084     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.107.6.1259     Document Type: Article

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