Primary care doctors' management behavior with respect to epilepsy in Kerala, southern India

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-142

  Iyer, Rajesh S ^a   Rekha, Mangattuthodi ^a   Kumar, T Santhosh ^a   Sarma, P Sankara ^a   Radhakrishnan, Kurupath ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Community; Epilepsy; General practitioners; Management behavior; Primary care; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; DIAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG CHOICE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 79958727214     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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