Seizures in rural Zambia

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 277-281

  Birbeck, Gretchen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Febrile seizures; Social stigma; Tropical neurology

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0034102095     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00156.x     Document Type: Article

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