Clinical characteristics of people with head nodding in southern Tanzania

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 173-175

  Winkler, Andrea S ^a,b   Katrin, Friedrich ^c   Michael, Meindl ^c   Kidunda, Aslam ^d   Nassri, Amir ^c   Jilek Aall, Louise ^e   Matuja, William ^f   Schmutzhard, Erich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d Mahenge District Hospital   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEAD NODDING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954398485     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2010.090373     Document Type: Article

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