articlePEDIATRICSJan 24, 2012Closed access

A National Profile of Childhood Epilepsy and Seizure Disorder

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · University of California, Los Angeles

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Abstract

Objective

To determine sociodemographics, patterns of comorbidity, and function of US children with reported epilepsy/seizure disorder.

Methods

Bivariate and multivariable cross-sectional analysis of data from the National Survey of Children's Health (2007) on 91 605 children ages birth to 17 years, including 977 children reported by their parents to have been diagnosed with epilepsy/seizure disorder.

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Authors

3

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Medicine
  • Seizure Disorders
  • Epilepsy
  • Pediatrics
  • Psychiatry
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • No poverty
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