Idiopathic generalized epilepsy with generalized tonic-clonic seizures (IGE-GTC): A population-based cohort with >20year follow up for medical and social outcome

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 61-63

  Camfield, Peter ^a   Camfield, Carol ^a  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood Onset; Cohort; Epilepsy; Epilepsy Syndrome; Follow up; Generalized tonic clonic; Population base

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LEARNING DISORDER; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIKE WAVE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNEMPLOYMENT; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOVA SCOTIA; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953914097     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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