Door-to-door survey of major neurological diseases in rural Ecuador - The Atahualpa project: Methodological aspects

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 310-316

  Del Brutto, Oscar H ^a,f   Idrovo, Luis ^e   Santibáñez, Rocío ^a,b   Díaz Calderón, Enrique ^b   Mosquera, Aurelio ^c   Cuesta, Fausto ^d   Navas, Carlos ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICA KENNEDY   (Ecuador)

^b Hospital Dr Teodoro Maldonado Carbo   (Ecuador)

^c Military Hospital   (Ecuador)

^d HOSPITAL LUIS VERNAZA   (Ecuador)

^e Ministry of Public Health   (Ecuador)

^f Air Center 3542   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Dementia; Developing countries; Ecuador; Epidemiological methods; Epilepsy; Neurocysticercosis; Neurological diseases; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECUADOR; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; STROKE;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEMENTIA; ECUADOR; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 4644343144     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080098     Document Type: Review

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