Prevalence and etiology of epilepsy in a Norwegian county - A population based study

Epilepsia

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 699-706

  Syvertsen, Marte ^a   Nakken, Karl Otto ^b   Edland, Astrid ^a   Hansen, Gunnar ^a   Hellum, Morten Kristoffer ^a   Koht, Jeanette ^a  

^a Drammen Hospital   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Classification; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Norway; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROIMAGING; NORWAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929506289     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12972     Document Type: Article

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