Acute seizures attributable to falciparum malaria in an endemic area on the Kenyan coast

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1519-1528

  Kariuki, Symon M ^a   Ikumi, Michelle ^a   Ojal, John ^a   Sadarangani, Manish ^a,b   Idro, Richard ^a,c   Olotu, Ally ^a   Bejon, Philip ^a,d   Berkley, James A ^a,d   Marsh, Kevin ^a,d   Newton, Charles R J C ^a,d,e,f  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute seizures; Africa; children; falciparum malaria; malaria attributable fractions

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; BENFLUMETOL; DIAZEPAM; PARALDEHYDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KENYA; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES;

EID: 79957487791     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr051     Document Type: Article

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