A study of idiopathic generalised epilepsy in an Irish population

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 204-210

  Mullins, G M ^a   O'Sullivan, S S ^a   Neligan, A ^a   McCarthy, A ^a   McNamara, B ^a   Galvin, R J ^a   Sweeney, B J ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Gender differences; Generalised; Seizure syndromes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33847364418     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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