Neurologic disease in a rural Zambian hospital

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 82-85

  Birbeck, Gretchen L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; STROKE; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0035062566     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550103100209     Document Type: Article

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