Obtaining a driver's license and seizure relapse in patients with childhood-onset epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 680-686

  Sillanpää, Matti ^a   Shinnar, Shlomo ^b  

^a Turku University   (Finland)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER LICENCE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 13844312650     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000151957.80848.0E     Document Type: Article

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