Incidence of unprovoked seizures and epilepsy in Iceland and assessment of the epilepsy syndrome classification: A prospective study

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 627-634

  Olafsson, Elias ^a,b   Ludvigsson, Petur ^a   Gudmundsson, Gunnar ^e   Hesdorffer, Dale ^b,d   Kjartansson, Olafur ^a   Hauser, W Allen ^b,c,d  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^c National University Hospital ^*  (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SEX ROLE; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 24944576673     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(05)70172-1     Document Type: Article

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