Seizure disorders among relatives of Kenyan children with severe falciparum malaria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-16

  Versteeg, A C ^a   Carter, J A ^b   Dzombo, J ^b   Neville, B G ^c   Newton, C R J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Falciparum malaria; Family history; Seizures

Indexed keywords

MALARIA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEIZURES;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0037250643     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.00965.x     Document Type: Article

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