A population based study of epilepsy in children from a Swedish county

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 107-113

  Larsson, Katrin ^a   Eeg Olofsson, Orvar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Incidence; Prevalence; Seizures; Syndromes; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FELBAMATE; FLUNARIZINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; NITRAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; SULTIAME; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POPULATION; SEIZURES; SWEDEN; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33745914258     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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