The pattern of epilepsy in a rural African hospital - An approach adapted to local circumstances

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-47

  Winkler, Andrea Sylvia ^a,b   Schaffert, Matthias ^c   Schmutzhard, Erich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64549141157     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.080057     Document Type: Article

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