Annegers J F
School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston.
Neurol Clin. 1994 Feb;12(1):15-29.
The objectives of this article are to present the classification of seizure disorders in population studies and family studies, the basic measures of occurrence and association that are used in genetic and epidemiologic studies, the frequencies of seizures and epilepsy in populations, the major acquired causes of epilepsy and the epidemiologic evidence for causation, the prognosis of seizures and epilepsy, and the role of genetic factors in epilepsy.
本文的目的是介绍在人群研究和家系研究中癫痫发作性疾病的分类、在遗传和流行病学研究中使用的发病及关联的基本测量方法、人群中癫痫发作和癫痫的频率、癫痫的主要后天病因及因果关系的流行病学证据、癫痫发作和癫痫的预后，以及遗传因素在癫痫中的作用。
