Epilepsy in a Remote Area of Southern Sudan

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 229-230

  Perenchio, M T ^a   Caldognetto, M ^b   Makender, E ^c   Qasim, S ^d  

^a Unit of Paediatric Neurology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c CCM Alpha Civil Hospital   (Sudan)

^d CCM Programme   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SEIZURE; SUDAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SUDAN;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 5444269794     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550403400416     Document Type: Article

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