Profile of childhood epilepsy in Bangladesh

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 477-482

  Banu, S H ^a   Khan, Naila Z ^a   Hossain, Mahmuda ^a   Jahan, Anisa ^a   Parveen, Monwara ^a   Boyd, Stewart H ^b,c   Neville, Brian ^c  

^a DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BANGLADESH; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EEG ABNORMALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCOME; INFANTILE SPASM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REMISSION; SEIZURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME;

EID: 0038150815     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162203000884     Document Type: Article

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