Management and referral patterns of epilepsy in India

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Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 303-306

  Thomas, Sanjeev V ^a   Kutty V , Raman ^a   Alexander, Aley ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Economics; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Referral; Social aspects; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029830481     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(96)80025-2     Document Type: Article

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