Type 1 diabetes and epilepsy: More than a casual association?

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 320-321

  Mancardi, Maria M ^a   Striano, Pasquale ^a   Giannattasio, Alessandro ^b   Baglietto, Maria G ^a   Errichiello, Luca ^c   Zara, Federico ^a   Prato, Giulia ^a   Minuto, Nicola ^b   Veneselli, Edvige ^a   Lorini, Renata ^b   D'Annunzio, Giuseppe ^b  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIBODIES; ANTICONVULSANTS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 75649136927     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02380.x     Document Type: Letter

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