Neurocysticercosis and its impact on crude prevalence rate of epilepsy in an Indian community

Neurology India

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-40

  Goel, Deepak ^a   Dhanai, J S ^a   Agarwal, Alka ^a   Mehlotra, V ^a   Saxena, V ^a  

^a Department of Computer Science and Engineering   (India)

Author keywords

Acute symptomatic seizures; epilepsy prevalence; pattern of epilepsy in Indian community

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; GRANULOMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INDIAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED SEIZURE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952355657     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.76855     Document Type: Article

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