Epidemiology of epilepsy : Prevalence, impact, comorbidity and disparities

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Wiebe, Samuel ^a,d   Camfield, Peter ^b   Jetté, Nathalie ^a   Burneo, Jorge G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CANADA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOMBIA; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; ETHNICITY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEIZURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CANADA; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CHANGE; VISION DISPARITY;

EID: 69249211224     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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