High prevalence of epilepsy in a village in the Littoral Province of Cameroon

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 200-210

  Prischich, Francesca ^a   De Rinaldis, Marta ^a   Bruno, Flaminia ^a,b   Egeo, Gabriella ^a   Santori, Chiara ^a   Zappaterreno, Alessandra ^a   Fattouch, Jinane ^a   Di Bonaventura, Carlo ^a   Bada, Jean ^c   Russo, Gianluca ^a,b   Pizzuti, Antonio ^d   Cardona, Francesco ^a   Sa'a, ^e   Vullo, Vincenzo ^a   Giallonardo, Anna Teresa ^a   D'Erasmo, Emilio ^a   Pelliccia, Andrea ^a   Vanacore, Nicola ^f  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Mingha Africa Onlus Association   (South Africa)

^c Santé de Peuples Association   (Cameroon)

^d CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

^f ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Epidemiology; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HABIT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NEWBORN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAMEROON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HABITS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56949100483     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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