Inferences from a community study about non-epileptic events

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 60, Issue 3 B, 2002, Pages 712-716

  Gomes, Marleide Da Mota ^a   Kropf, Leandro Albuquerque Lemgruber ^b   Van Beeck, Erica Da Silva ^b   De Vasconcellos Figueira, Ivan Luiz ^b  

^a Ctro de Ciendas da Saude   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Community study; Epilepsy; Non epileptic events

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0036730254     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2002000500005     Document Type: Article

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