The prevalence of epilepsy amongst school children in Izmir, Turkey

Seizure

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 392-396

  Aydin, Adem ^a   Ergor, Alp ^a   Ergor, Gül ^a   Dirik, Eray ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Prevalence; School children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL; TELEPHONE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0036747435     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.2002.0684     Document Type: Article

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