Gestational age, birth weight, intrauterine growth, and the risk of epilepsy

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 262-270

  Sun, Yuelian ^a,b   Vestergaard, Mogens ^a   Pedersen, Carsten B ^a   Christensen, Jakob ^c   Basso, Olga ^d   Olsen, Jørn ^e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Denmark; Epilepsy; Follow up studies; Infant, small for gestational age; Premature birth; Siblings

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL GROWTH; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; INCIDENCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; ONSET AGE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

AGE OF ONSET; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38849105610     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm316     Document Type: Article

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