Course and outcome of childhood epilepsy: A 15-year follow-up of the Dutch Study of Epilepsy in Childhood

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1189-1197

  Geerts, Ada T ^a   Arts, Willem F ^b   Stroink, Hans ^c   Peeters, Els ^d   Brouwer, Oebele ^e   Peters, Boudewijn ^f   Laan, Laura ^g   Van Donselaar, Cees ^h  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Course; Epilepsy; Mortality; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHOREOATHETOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMARTOMA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954462067     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02546.x     Document Type: Article

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