Clinical and electroencephalographic follow-up after a first unprovoked seizure

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-206

  Winckler, Maria Isabel B ^a,b   Rotta, Newra T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SEX; SLEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES;

EID: 1642342941     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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