Epidemiology of epilepsy in adults: Implementing the ILAE classification and terminology into population-based epidemiologic studies

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages 14-17

  Christensen, Jakob ^a,b   Sidenius, Per ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Electroclinical constellation; Epidemiology; Epilepsy syndrome; Hierarchical diagnostic levels

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DENMARK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DENMARK; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84863670018     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03553.x     Document Type: Article

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