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Risk factors for cryptogenic and idiopathic partial epilepsy: a community-based case-control study in Copparo, Italy.
Neuroepidemiology - 1 Jan 2000
Casetta Ilaria, Monetti Vinenza C, Malagù Susanna, Paolino Ezio, Govoni Vittorio, Fainardi Enrico, Tola Maria R, Granieri Enrico
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The etiology of epilepsy remains unknown in most cases. We sought to investigate the role of some pre-, peri- and postnatal factors in the etiology of idiopathic and cryptogenetic partial epilepsy. METHODS: We carried out a community-based case-control study using the incidence cohort of epileptic patients living in the district of Copparo, in the province of Ferrara, Italy. The study was performed in...
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