Update on the epidemiology and prognosis of pediatric epilepsy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Shinnar, Shlomo ^a   Pellock, John M ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036242374     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738020170010201     Document Type: Article

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