Prevalence study of neurologic disorders in Kelibia (Tunisia)

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 285-299

  Attia Romdhane, N ^a   Ben Hamida, M ^a   Mrabet, A ^a   Larnaout, A ^a   Samoud, S ^a   Ben Hamda, A ^a   Ben Hamda, M ^a   Oueslati, S ^a  

^a Institut National de Neurologie Tunisia   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Migraine; Neuroepidemiology; Parkinson s disease; Prevalence; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRAINE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; STROKE; TUNISIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECUADOR; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MIGRAINE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NIGERIA; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUNISIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0027723676     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000110330     Document Type: Article

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