Prevalence of epilepsy in Rwanda: A national cross-sectional survey

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1047-1053

  Simms, Victoria ^a   Atijosan, Oluwarantimi ^b   Kuper, Hannah ^c   Nuhu, Assuman ^d   Rischewski, Dorothea ^e   Lavy, Christopher ^f  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^e Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross sectional survey; Disability; Epilepsy; Musculoskeletal impairment; Prevalence; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH SURVEY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RWANDA; SAMPLE SIZE; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RWANDA;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; RWANDA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 48349089425     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02108.x     Document Type: Article

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