Clinical and electro-clinical classification of epileptic seizures in West Uganda

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 255-259

  Kaiser, C ^a,d   Benninger, C ^a   Asaba, G ^b   Mugisa, C ^b   Kabagambe, G ^b   Kipp, W ^c   Rating, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Pediatrician ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; Onchocerciasis; Seizure classification; Subsaharan Africa; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEIZURES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UGANDA;

EID: 0034568922     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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