Prevalence of Epilepsy in Children From a Brazilian Area of High Deprivation

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-117

  Sampaio, Letícia P B ^a   Caboclo, Luis Otávio S F ^a   Kuramoto, Karina ^b   Reche, Ângela ^b   Yacubian, Elza Márcia T ^a   Manreza, Maria Luiza G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 73449103898     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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