Estimation of the burden of active and life-time epilepsy: A meta-analytic approach

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 883-890

  Ngugi, Anthony K ^a,b   Bottomley, Christian ^b   Kleinschmidt, Immo ^b   Sander, Josemir W ^c,d   Newton, Charles R ^a,b,e  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burden; Epilepsy; Metaanalysis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EPILEPSY; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LIFETIME EPILEPSY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77951590218     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02481.x     Document Type: Article

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