Estimations of the prevalence of epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-22

  Forsgren, Lars ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING TEST; SEIZURE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 37049033653     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70295-8     Document Type: Letter

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