Childhood epilepsy recorded in primary care in the UK

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 195-202

  Meeraus, Wilhelmine Hadler ^a,b   Petersen, Irene ^b   Chin, Richard Frank ^a,c,d,e   Knott, Felicity ^f   Gilbert, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d YOUNG EPILEPSY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f Paddington Green Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROWDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84874648961     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302237     Document Type: Article

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