Epilepsy in children in Benin City, Nigeria

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 287-296

  Sykes, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; NITRAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PYRIDOXINE; VALPROIC ACID;

CHILD HEALTH; EPILEPSY; HEALTH STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NIGERIA; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA; SIDE EFFECT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTICONVULSANTS; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NIGERIA; PHENOBARBITAL; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0036741423     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249302125001598     Document Type: Article

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