Neurological disorders in rural Africa: A systematic approach

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-104

  Winkler, Andrea Sylvia ^a,b   Mosser, Philipp ^c   Schmutzhard, Erich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BRAIN MALARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PREVALENCE; RABIES; RURAL AREA; SPINA BIFIDA; TETANUS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA;

EID: 67149094778     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.080144     Document Type: Article

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