Prevalence and pattern of epilepsy treatment in different socioeconomic classes in Brazil

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 880-885

  Noronha, Ana L A ^a,b   Borges, Moacir A ^c   Marques, Lucia H N ^c   Zanetta, Dirce M T ^c   Fernandes, Paula T ^a,b   De Boer, Hanneke ^d   Espíndola, Javier ^e   Miranda, Claudio T ^e   Prilipko, Leonid ^g   Bell, Gail S ^f   Sander, Josemir W ^f   Li, Li M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Assistência à Saúde de Pacientes Com Epilepsia ASPE ^*  (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^d STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^e PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug; Epilepsy; Prevalence; Stigma; Treatment gap

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL CLASS; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 34248548934     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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