Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Pakistan: Review of literature

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 594-597

  Khatri, I A ^a   Iannaccone, S T ^a   Ilyas, M S ^b   Abdullah, M ^b   Saleem, S ^b  

^a TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISABILITY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIALIZATION; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1642553616     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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