Prevalence of epilepsy in Turkish children between the ages of 0 and 16 years

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 271-274

  Serdaroǧlu, Ayşe ^a   Özkan, Seçil ^a   Aydin, Kürşad ^a   Gücüyener, Kivilcim ^a   Tezcan, Sabahat ^a   Aycan, Sefer ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 2442657874     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307380401900406     Document Type: Article

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