Epidemiology of major neurological disorders project in Al Kharga District, New Valley, Egypt

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 291-297

  El Tallawy, Hamdy N A ^a   Farghaly, Wafaa M A ^a   Rageh, Tarek A ^a   Shehata, Ghaydaa A ^a   Metwaly, Nabil A ^b   Elftoh, Noha Abo ^a   Hegazy, Ahmed M ^b   El Moselhy, Esam A ^b   Rayan, Ibrahim ^c   Al Fawal, Bastawy M A ^c   Abd Elhamed, Mohamed A ^a  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Household study; Incidence; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; DEMENTIA; EGYPT; EPILEPSY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUSCLE DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCREENING; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BELL PALSY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DEMENTIA; EGYPT; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; STROKE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957770478     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320240     Document Type: Article

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