Neurological disorders in rural Africa - A systematic approach

African Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Classification; Epidemiology; Hospital prevalence; Neurological disorders; Resource poor setting; Rural Africa; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMA; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLEXOPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RADICULOPATHY; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 70349386611     PISSN: 10158618     EISSN: 10158618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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