A review of electroencephalograms done at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 92-97

  Jowi, J O ^a   Kidiga, Z P ^b   Gitau, M G ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 44849122680     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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