A prospective incidence study of epilepsy in a rural community of West-Bengal, India

Neurology Asia

Volumn 13, Issue , 2008, Pages 41-48

  Saha, Shankar P ^a   Bhattachrya, Sushanta ^b   Roy, Biman Kanti ^a   Basu, Arindam ^c   Roy, Trishit ^d   Maity, Bibekananda ^d   Das, Shyamal K ^d  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Guru Teg Bahadur Medical Centre   (India)

^d BANGUR INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREND STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; GRANULOMA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; STROKE; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 69749113600     PISSN: 18236138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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