Clinical and neurophysiologic features of active convulsive epilepsy in rural Kenya: A population-based study

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2370-2376

  Munyoki, Gilbert ^a,b   Edwards, Tansy ^c   White, Steve ^d   Kwasa, Thomas ^b   Chengo, Eddie ^a   Kokwaro, Gilbert ^b   Odera, Victor Mung'Ala ^a   Sander, Josemir W ^e,f   Neville, Brian G ^g   Newton, Charles R ^a,g  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

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

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convulsions; Electroencephalogram; Epilepsy; Partial seizures; Status epilepticus; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHAKOMATOSIS; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEIZURES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649981253     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02653.x     Document Type: Article

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