Descriptive epidemiology of epilepsy in the U.S. population: A different approach

Epilepsia

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 942-948

  Helmers, Sandra L ^a   Thurman, David J ^a   Durgin, Tracy L ^b   Pai, Akshatha Kalsanka ^a   Faught, Edward ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UCB PHARMA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Incidence; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA BASE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFANT; NEWBORN; OBSERVATION; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930476702     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.13001     Document Type: Article

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