Electroencephalograms (EEG) in 250 patients with epilepsy in a cysticercosis endemic area in Burundi;Électroencéphalogrammes réalisés chez 250 patients épileptiques dans une zone d'endémie cysticerquienne au Burundi

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Diagana, M ^a,b   Nsengiyumva, G ^a   Tuillas, M ^b   Druet Cabanac, M ^a   Bouteille, B ^a   Preux, P M ^a   Tapie, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Burundi; Electroencephalogram; Epilepsy; Neurocysticercosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURUNDI; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTICERCOSIS; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; THETA RHYTHM; ADULT; BLOOD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BURUNDI; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 16244363072     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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