Gender Differences in Epilepsy

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Authors

Jakob Christensen · Aarhus University Hospital

Marianne Juel Kjeldsen · Odense University Hospital

Henning Andersen · Aarhus University Hospital

Mogens Laue Friis · Odense University Hospital

Per Sidenius · Aarhus University Hospital

Abstract

More women than men were diagnosed with idiopathic generalized epilepsy in two epilepsy populations. Overall, no gender difference was found in localization-related epilepsy, but localization-related symptomatic epilepsies were more frequent in men, and cryptogenic localization-related epilepsies were more frequent in women The results suggest a gender susceptibility to the development of specific epilepsy subtypes.

Topics & Keywords

Epilepsy research and treatment Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: Epilepsia

Volume 46, Issue 6, pp. 956-960

DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.51204.x

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