The incidence of injuries in persons with and without epilepsy-A population-based study

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2247-2253

  Kwon, Churl Su ^a   Liu, Mingfu ^b   Quan, Hude ^a   Wiebe, Samuel ^a   McChesney, Jane ^a   Wirrell, Elaine ^c   Hamiwka, Lorie ^d   Jetté, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Epilepsy; Injury; Population based

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BURN; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENDER; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349274051     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02697.x     Document Type: Article

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