The incidence of unprovoked seizures and occurrence of neurodevelopmental comorbidities in children at the time of their first epileptic seizure and during the subsequent six months

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 140-150

  Åndell, Eva ^a,b   Tomson, Torbjörn ^a   Carlsson, Sofia ^a   Hellebro, Eva ^a   Andersson, Tomas ^a   Adelöw, Cecilia ^a   Åmark, Per ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Cohort; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Neurodevelopmental comorbidity; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSY; INFANT; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84929395700     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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