Epilepsy in tropical areas;Épilepsie en zone tropicale

Bulletin de l'Academie Nationale de Medecine

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 949-960

  Dumas, Michel ^a   Preux, Pierre Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Health services accessibility; Medicine; Traditional; Tropical medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 65249179451     PISSN: 00014079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-4079(19)32757-8     Document Type: Article

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