Mortality risk in adults with newly diagnosed and chronic epilepsy: A population-based study

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 465-470

  Rakitin, A ^a   Liik, M ^a   Ohn A ^b   Haldre, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Incidence; Mortality; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEWBORN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951643099     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03195.x     Document Type: Article

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