Epilepsy in the northern Finland birth cohort 1966 with special reference to fertility

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-107

  Löfgren, Eeva ^a   Pouta, Anneli ^a,b   Wendt, Lennart von ^a   Tapanainen, Juha ^a   Isojärvi, Jouko I T ^a   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Fertility rate; Marriage; Offspring; Population based study

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MONOTHERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REIMBURSEMENT; REMISSION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SEIZURES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149154702     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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