Epileptic seizures and malaria in Kenyan children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 152-155

  Waruiru, C M ^a   Newton, C R J C ^a,b   Forster, D ^a,b   New, L ^a,b   Winstanley, P ^a,b   Mwangi, I ^a   Marsh, V ^a,b   Winstanley, M ^a   Snow, R W ^a,b   Marsh, K ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Kenya; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEIZURE;

EID: 15844423993     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90120-0     Document Type: Article

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