Prevalence of adult epilepsy in Estonia

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-242

  Õun, Andre ^a   Haldre, Sulev ^a   Mägi, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Adults; Eastern Europe; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Estonia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGE; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0037231868     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(02)00234-6     Document Type: Article

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