Prevalence of epilepsy - An unknown quantity

Epilepsia

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 963-967

  Beghi, Ettore ^a   Hesdorffer, Dale ^b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Incidence; Mortality; Prevalence; Remission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; EPILEPSY; INCIDENCE; POVERTY; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SOCIAL STATUS; STIGMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; REMISSION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INCOME; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84904381376     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12579     Document Type: Article

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