Estimating risk for developing epilepsy: A population-based study in Rochester, Minnesota

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-27

  Hesdorffer, D C ^a   Logroscino, G ^b   Benn, E K T ^a   Katri, N ^a   Cascino, G ^c   Hauser, W A ^a,c  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751607023     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318204a36a     Document Type: Article

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