Epilepsy: epidemiology, classification and natural history

Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 571-578

  Angus Leppan, Heather ^a,b   Parsons, Linda M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b St Albans City Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

classification; cryptogenic; epilepsy; focal; idiopathic; primary; SUDEP; symptomatic

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN;

ABSENCE; ATONIC SEIZURE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLONIC SEIZURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; REMISSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 54349115897     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2008.08.003     Document Type: Review

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