BIRTH ORDER IN EPILEPTIC CHILDREN

Open Access

1 February 1962

journal article
research article
Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

Vol. 25 (1) , 59-62
https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.25.1.59

Abstract

It is concluded that epilepsy is more frequent in first than in second born children. Considering the similar birth order differences among stillbirths and deaths during the first week after birth, results indicate that these occurrences and epilepsy in childhood may have similar causes.

Keywords

BIRTH ORDER
EPILEPSY/IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD

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