Incidence and prevalence of treated epilepsy among poor health and low-income americans

Neurology

Volumn 80, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 1942-1949

  Kaiboriboon, Kitti ^a   Bakaki, Paul M ^b   Lhatoo, Samden D ^a   Koroukian, Siran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONVULSION; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPILEPSY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ICD-9; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MIGRAINE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879086162     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318293e1b4     Document Type: Article

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