Recurrence after a first untreated seizure in the Hong Kong Chinese population

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 94-97

  Hui, A C F ^a   Tang, A ^a   Wong, K S ^a   Mok, V ^a   Kay, R ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese population; First seizure; Prognosis; Recurrence rate; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0035116160     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.99352.x     Document Type: Article

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