Seizure recurrence risk following a first seizure in neurologically normal children

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1950-1954

  Arthur, Todd M ^b   DeGrauw, Ton J ^b   Johnson, Cynthia S ^c   Perkins, Susan M ^c   Kalnin, Andrew ^c   Austin, Joan K ^a   Dunn, David W ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; EEG; Epilepsy; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES;

EID: 55349114695     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01775.x     Document Type: Article

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