Diagnostic delays in children with early onset epilepsy: Impact, reasons, and opportunities to improve care

Epilepsia

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 123-132

  Berg, Anne T ^a   Loddenkemper, Tobias ^b   Baca, Christine B ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Development; Health services; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROLOGIST; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; VELOCITY;

BARRIERS TO CARE; DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; PEDIATRICS;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892924371     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12479     Document Type: Article

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