Epilepsy in the tropics: I. Epidemiology, socioeconomic risk factors, and etiology

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1121-1127

  De Bittencourt, P R M ^a   Adamolekum, B ^b   Bharucha, N ^b   Carpio, A ^b   Cossio O H ^b   Danesi, M A ^b   Dumas, M ^b   Meinardi, H ^b   Ordinario, A ^b   Senanayake, N ^b   Shakir, R ^b   Sotelo, J ^b  

^a Unidade de Neurol Clin S C Ltda   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPICS;

EID: 10544245680     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb01035.x     Document Type: Article

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