Increased prevalence of epilepsy associated with severe falciparum malaria in children

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 978-981

  Carter, Julie A ^a,b   Neville, Brian G R ^a   White, Steven ^c   Ross, Amanda J ^b,d   Otieno, Godfrey ^b   Mturi, Neema ^b   Musumba, Cris ^b   Newton, Charles R J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Child; Epilepsy; Falciparum malaria; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; MEFLOQUINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; SULFADOXINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEIZURES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 4043081388     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.65103.x     Document Type: Article

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