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INCIDENCE of FRACTURES of the VERTEBRAL SPINE IN EPILEPTIC PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Pedersen K. Kjaersgaard,
Christiansen C.,
Ahlgren P.,
Lund M.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1976.tb04794.x
Subject(s) - osteomalacia , incidence (geometry) , medicine , epilepsy , spine (molecular biology) , pediatrics , osteoporosis , psychiatry , bioinformatics , physics , optics , biology
The incidence of vertebral fractures in 87 epileptic outpatients was 16 per cent. the occurrence of vertebral fractures in epileptics was not correlated to age, state of osteomalacia or to type or number of epileptic seizures.