Epidemiological survey of epilepsy in the primary school population in Buenos Aires

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 62-68

  Somoza, Manuel J ^a,b   Forlenza, Raúl H ^a   Brussino, Marta ^a   Licciardi, Liliana ^a  

^a Government of the City of Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Buenos Aires; Epilepsy prevalence; School performance; Seizure types

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ARGENTINA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 22544458470     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086285     Document Type: Article

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