Epilepsy in developing countries

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1143-1151

  Jallon, P ^a  

^a U d'Epileptologie Clinique   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Medical assessment; Program for action; Therapeutic aspects

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AMERICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPILEPSY; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030866812     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01205.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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