What happens to children with epilepsy when they become adults? Some facts and opinions

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-23

  Camfield, Peter R ^a   Camfield, Carol S ^a  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

adults; children; epilepsy; mortality; prognosis; seizure; social

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT DISEASE; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; CANADA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEATH; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUDDEN DEATH; UNEMPLOYMENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPILEPSY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84902552036     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.02.020     Document Type: Review

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