Prevalence of active epilepsy in a rural area in south Tanzania: A door-to-door survey

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1963-1969

  Dent, Wolfgang ^a,d   Helbok, Raimund ^a   Matuja, William Bahati Pungu ^b   Scheunemann, Sönke ^c   Schmutzhard, Erich ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c Mnero Diocesan Hospital   (Tanzania)

^d Neurological Intensive Care Unit ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Active epilepsy; Door to door survey; Epidemiology; ILAE criteria; Prevalence; South Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; TANZANIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TANZANIA;

EID: 33644803104     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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