The Natural History of Untreated Epilepsy in a Rural Community in Africa

Epilepsia

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 464-468

  Watts, Anne E ^a  

^a Embangweni Hospital   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Africa; Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Prognosis; Remission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; RURAL AREA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALAWI; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0026643653     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1992.tb01692.x     Document Type: Article

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