Recurrence after a First Unprovoked Cryptogenic/Idiopathic Seizure in Children: A Prospective Study from São Paulo, Brazil

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 166-170

  Scotoni, Anna E ^a   Manreza, Maria L G ^b   Guerreiro, Marilisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcifications; Children; Recurrence rate; Risk factors; Unprovoked seizure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAZIL; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PARALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SEX RATIO; SLEEP; SURVIVAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLEEP; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0842289909     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.16503.x     Document Type: Article

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