Prevalence of epilepsy in school children in El-Manyal Island

Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-32

  Talaat, Forayssa E ^a   El Rabbat, Maha ^b   Atef, Maha ^a   Shaker, Ehab ^a   Mohammed, Hany Taher ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EGYPT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENURESIS; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MONOTHERAPY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEWBORN DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PRENATAL DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPEECH DISORDER; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 64549147536     PISSN: 11101083     EISSN: 16878329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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