Seizures in the jamaica cohort study of sickle cell disease

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-272

  Ali, Susanna B ^a   Reid, Marvin ^a   Fraser, Raphael ^a   MooSang, Michelle ^a   Ali, Amza ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Andrews Memorial Hospital   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Haemoglobinopathies; Jamaica; Seizures; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ACUTE SYMPTOMATIC SEIZURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DACTYLITIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINGLE UNPROVOKED SEIZUE; SURVIVAL RATE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAMAICA; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 79952063090     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2010.08344.x     Document Type: Article

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