Predictors and course of medically intractable epilepsy in young children presenting before 36 months of age: A retrospective, population-based study

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1563-1569

  Wirrell, Elaine ^a   Wong Kisiel, Lily ^a   Mandrekar, Jay ^a   Nickels, Katherine ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Intractable; Mortality; Young children

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866095721     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03562.x     Document Type: Article

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