The pattern of epileptic seizures in rural Tanzania

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 258, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 33-38

  Mosser, P ^a,b   Schmutzhard, E ^a   Winkler, A S ^b,c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Epileptic seizures; Febrile convulsions; Neurology; Rural Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECLAMPSIA; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA;

EID: 34249904895     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.02.015     Document Type: Article

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