Incidence and prevalence of epilepsy among older US Medicare beneficiaries

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 448-453

  Faught, E ^a   Richman, J ^b   Martin, R ^d   Funkhouser, E ^b   Foushee, R ^c   Kratt, P ^b   Kim, Y ^b   Clements, K ^c   Cohen, N ^d   Adoboe, D ^b   Knowlton, R ^d   Pisu, M ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONVULSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863230549     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182477edc     Document Type: Article

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