Prevalence of epilepsy in a rural community of Guatemala

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 373-376

  Mendizabal, Jorge E ^a,c   Salguero, Luis F ^b  

^a Universidad Francisco Marroquin   (Guatemala)

^b Centro Clinico de Cabeza y Cuello   (Guatemala)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Prevalence; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; GUATEMALA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPILEPSY; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0029876440     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00574.x     Document Type: Article

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