Treatment gap for people living with epilepsy in Madagascar

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-39

  Ratsimbazafy, Voa ^a   Andrianabelina, Rakotobe ^b   Randrianarisona, Sonia ^a,b   Preux, Pierre Marie ^a   Odermatt, Peter ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^b Antananarivo Madagascar   (Madagascar)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTETHAL; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SANITATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BARBITURATES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAZEPAM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MADAGASCAR; PHENOBARBITAL;

EID: 78650789539     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2010.100254     Document Type: Article

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