Childhood epilepsy in Ilorin, Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 72-75

  Ojuawo, A ^a   Joiner, K T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOTROPIN; ETHOSUXIMIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISOLONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NIGERIA; SEIZURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030763526     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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