Occurrence of epilepsy during the first 10 years after traumatic brain injury acquired in childhood up to the age of 18 years in the south western Swedish population-based series

Brain Injury

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 612-616

  Emanuelson, I ^a   Uvebrant, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Long term onset epilepsy; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR; SWEDEN; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY;

EID: 68049100084     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050902973913     Document Type: Article

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