Community prevalence of epilepsy in Malagasies;Prévalence communautaire de l'épilepsie chez les Malgaches

Epilepsies

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-86

  Andriantseheno, L Marcellin ^a,b   Ralaizandriny, Didier ^b  

^a Hôpital Raseta ^*  (Madagascar)

^b Hôpital Raseta Befelatanana   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Madagascar; Population; Prevalence; Study

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CYSTICERCOSIS; COMMUNITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SWINE;

EID: 3042547287     PISSN: 11496576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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