Epidemiology and etiology of intractable epilepsy in Qatar

Qatar Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-13

  Al Hail, Hassan J ^a   Sokrab, T ^a   Hamad, A ^a,a   Kamran, S ^a   Khalid, A ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Incidence; Intractable epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 24944578686     PISSN: 02538253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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