Incidence of epilepsy in 0-15 year-olds;Incidencia de la epilepsia infantil

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-43

  Dura Trave T ^a   Yoldi Petri, Ma E ^a   Gallinas Victoriano, F ^a  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Childhood; Classification; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Epileptic syndromes; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; SEIZURE; WEST SYNDROME;

EID: 34547635964     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: 16959531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13108084     Document Type: Article

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