Prevalence of some risk factors in children with epilepsy compared to their controls

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 338-344

  Cansu, Ali ^a   Serdaroǧlu, Ayşe ^a   Yüksel, Deniz ^b   Doǧan, Vehbi ^a   Özkan, Seçil ^a   Hirfanoǧlu, Tuǧba ^a   Şenbil, Nesrin ^b   Gücüyener, Kivilcim ^a   Soysal, Şebnem ^a   Çamurdan, Aysu ^a   Gürer, Yavuz Kemal ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Sami Ulus Pediatric Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Risk factors; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PEDIATRIC WARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; APGAR SCORE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 34247257741     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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