Prevalence of epilepsy in northeast Turkey

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-37

  Velioglu, Sibel K ^a   Bakirdemir, Metin ^a   Can, Gamze ^a   Topbas, Murat ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Neuroepidemiology; Prevalence; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 77952311705     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2010.0298     Document Type: Article

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