Epidemiology of Epilepsy - Indian Perspective

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 322-326

  Ray, Biman Kanti ^b   Bhattacharya, Susanta ^a   Kundu, Tejendra Nath ^b   Saha, Shankar Prasad ^b   Das, Shyamal Kumar ^b  

^a Department of Paediatric Surgery   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Case control study; Incidence study; Prevalence study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0036580103     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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