The prevalence of epilepsy and other seizure disorders in an Arab population: A community-based study

Seizure

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 410-414

  Al Rajeh, S ^a   Awada, A ^b   Bademosi, O ^c   Ogunniyi, A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Prevalence; Saudi Arabia; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0035202747     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.2001.0602     Document Type: Article

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