Risk factors for cryptogenic and idiopathic partial epilepsy: A community-based case-control study in Copparo, Italy

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 251-254

  Casetta, Ilaria ^a   Monetti, Vincenza C ^b   Malagù, Susanna ^c   Paolino, Ezio ^b   Govoni, Vittorio ^a   Fainardi, Enrico ^b   Tola, Maria R ^b   Granieri, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Ferrara   (Italy)

^c Ospedale di Cesena   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0036040496     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065644     Document Type: Article

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