Epilepsy prevalence in a rural area in Istanbul;̇Istanbul'da bir kirsal alanda epilepsi prevalansi

Seizure

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 397-401

  Onal, A Emel ^a   Tumerdem, Yildiz ^a   Ozturk, Mustafa K ^a   Gurses, Candan ^a   Baykan, Betul ^a   Gokyigit, Aysen ^a   Ozel, Sevda ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Neuro epidemiology; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0036747015     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.2001.0665     Document Type: Article

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