Prevalence and characteristics of epilepsy in the Aeolian islands

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1828-1835

  Gallitto, Guiseppe ^a   Serra, Salvatore ^a   La Spina, Paolino ^a   Postorino, Paolo ^a   Laganà, Angela ^a   Tripodi, Fortunata ^a   Gangemi, Santo ^a   Calabrò, Salvatore ^a   Savica, Rodolpho ^a   Di Perri, Raoul ^a   Beghi, Ettore ^b   Musolino, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEURORADIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SICILY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644631039     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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