Status Epilepticus in a Population-based Virginia Twin Sample

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-165

  Corey, Linda A ^a   Pellock, John M ^b   DeLorenzo, Robert J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Status epilepticus; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0842268307     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.34303.x     Document Type: Article

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