Age at focal epilepsy onset varies by sex and hemispheric lateralization

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1473-1477

  Doherty, M J ^a   Jayadev, S ^a   Miller, J W ^a,b   Farrell, D F ^a   Holmes, M D ^a   Dodrill, C B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENDER; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0037883257     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000063310.59216.BC     Document Type: Article

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