Prevalence, incidence and risk factors of epilepsy in older children in rural Kenya

Seizure

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 396-404

  Mung'ala Odera, V ^a   White, S ^b   Meehan, R ^a   Otieno, G O ^a   Njuguna, P ^a   Mturi, N ^a   Edwards, T ^c   Neville, B G ^a,d   Newton, C R J C ^a,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Incidence; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44749091845     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.11.028     Document Type: Article

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