Oral health and dental treatment needs in Nigerian patients with epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 590-594

  Ogunbodede, E O ^a,b   Adamolekun, B ^a   Akintomide, A O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Dental; Epilepsy; Nigeria; Oral; Trauma

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GINGIVA HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTISTRY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ORAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL INDEX; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STOMATOGNATHIC DISEASES; TOOTH DISEASES; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 0031748679     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01426.x     Document Type: Article

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