Computerized tomography scan of the brain in a community study of neurological impairment in Kenya

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-32

  Njuguna, P W ^a   Mungala Odera, V ^a   Chong, W K ^b   Meehan, R A ^a   Newton, C R J C ^a,c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Computerized tomography; Neurological impairment

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MACROCEPHALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCEPHALY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORENCEPHALY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZENCEPHALY;

BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249856073     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807299972     Document Type: Article

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