Prognosis and Predictive Factors of Partial Seizures in Children

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-20

  Wang, Zhiping ^a,b   Qi, Lei ^b   Song, Xiaoqing ^b  

^a XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447098593     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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