Depression and suicide attempt as risk factors for incident unprovoked seizures

Major depression has been shown to increase the risk for development of epilepsy, but prior studies have not evaluated whether this is due to specific symptoms of depression. We conducted a population‐based case–control study of all newly diagnosed unprovoked seizures among Icelandic children and ad...

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Published in:	Annals of neurology Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 35 - 41
Main Authors:	Hesdorffer, Dale C., Hauser, W. Allen, Olafsson, Elias, Ludvigsson, Petur, Kjartansson, Olafur
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.01.2006 Willey-Liss
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Biological and medical sciences Child Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases Depression - complications Depression - physiopathology Epilepsy - diagnosis Epilepsy - physiopathology Female Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy Humans Iceland Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neurology Risk Factors Seizures - etiology Seizures - physiopathology Suicide, Attempted Iceland Mood disorder Nervous system diseases Epilepsy Central nervous system disease Risk factor Depression Cerebral disorder Suicide attempt
ISSN:	0364-5134, 1531-8249
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