Department of Error (DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60214-2);Long-term risk of epilepsy after traumatic brain injury in children and young adults: a population-based cohort study

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9669, 2009, Pages 1105-1110

  Christensen, Jakob ^a,b   Pedersen, Marianne G ^b   Pedersen, Carsten B ^b   Sidenius, Per ^a   Olsen, Jørn ^b,c   Vestergaard, Mogens ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL FRACTURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 62849106303     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61068-0     Document Type: Erratum

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