Comprehensive primary health care antiepileptic drug treatment programme in rural and semi-urban Kenya

The Lancet

Volumn 337, Issue 8738, 1991, Pages 406-409

  Feksi, A T ^a   Kaamugisha, J ^a   Sander, J W A S ^b   Shorvon, S D ^b   Gatiti, S ^c  

^a Provincial General Hospital   (Kenya)

^b Institute of Neurology Queen Square London and National Hospital Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy Gerrards Cross UK ^*

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0025964266     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(91)91176-U     Document Type: Article

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