Active convulsive epilepsy in a rural district of Kenya: a study of prevalence and possible risk factors

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-56

  Edwards, Tansy ^a   Scott, Anthony G ^b,c   Munyoki, Gilbert ^d   Odera, Victor Mung'ala ^b   Chengo, Edward ^b   Bauni, Evasius ^b   Kwasa, Thomas ^b   Sander, Ley W ^e   Neville, Brian G ^f   Newton, Charles R ^b,f  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 37049030840     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70292-2     Document Type: Article

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