Epilepsy in Colombia: Epidemiologic profile and classification of epileptic seizures and syndromes

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 193-201

  Velez, Alberto ^a,c   Eslava Cobos, Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

^b HOSPITAL DE SAN JOSÉ   (Colombia)

^c NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Classification of epilepsy; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Epilepsy syndromes; Epileptic seizures; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOMBIA; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33645027865     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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