Assessment of the epilepsy treatment gap in two cities of south-east of Brazil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 62, Issue 3 B, 2004, Pages 761-763

  Noronha, Ana Lúcia Andrade ^a   Marques, Lúcia Helena ^a   Borges, Moacir Alves ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a   Guerreiro, Carlos Alberto Mantovani ^a   Min, Li Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Stigma; Treatment; Treatment gap

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 5444240219     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2004000500003     Document Type: Article

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