Prevalence and risk factors of epilepsy among school children in eastern Turkey

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-18

  Huseyinoglu, Nergiz ^a   Ozben, Serkan ^a   Arhan, Ebru ^b   Palanci, Yilmaz ^a   Gunes, Nurettin ^a  

^a KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; TURKEY;

EID: 84862542052     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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