Clinical characteristics of patients with treated epilepsy in Korea: A nationwide epidemiologic study

Epilepsia

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-75

  Kim, Dong Wook ^a   Lee, Seo Young ^b   Chung, Soo Eun ^c   Cheong, Hae Kwan ^c   Jung, Ki Young ^d  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asia; Clinical characteristics; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Medical records survey

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INJURY; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; MEDICAL RECORDS SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892909836     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12469     Document Type: Article

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