Errata (DOI:10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70127-8);Epidemiology, aetiology, and clinical management of epilepsy in Asia: a systematic review

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 533-543

  Mac, Tu Luong ^a   Tran, Duc Si ^b   Quet, Fabrice ^a   Odermatt, Peter ^c   Preux, Pierre Marie ^a   Tan, Chong Tin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^b French Speaking Institute for Tropical Medicine   (Laos)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIRTH INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG COST; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 34248339245     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70277-6     Document Type: Erratum

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