Epilepsy and Multiple Sclerosis in Sicily: A Population-based Study

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1445-1448

  Nicoletti, Alessandra ^a   Sofia, Vito ^a   Biondi, Roberto ^a   Lo Fermo, Salvatore ^a   Reggio, Ester ^a   Patti, Francesco ^a   Reggio, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSALITY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RISK; SICILY;

EID: 0242575060     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.09203.x     Document Type: Article

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