Clinical predictors of intractable childhood epilepsy

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-347

  Gururaj, Aithala ^a   Sztriha, Laszlo ^b   Hertecant, Joseph ^b   Eapen, Valsamma ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Childhood epilepsy; Clinical factors; Seizures; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 33747863344     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.07.018     Document Type: Article

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