Epidemiology of epilepsies in Latin America;L'epidemiologie des epilepsies en Amerique Latine

Epilepsies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-129

  Jallon, Pierre ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILE; CYSTICERCOSIS; ECUADOR; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PARASITOSIS;

EID: 0031725744     PISSN: 11496576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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