Epilepsy in Tanzanian children: Association with perinatal events and other risk factors

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 752-760

  Burton, Kathryn J ^a,b   Rogathe, Jane ^a   Whittaker, Roger ^c   Mankad, Kshitij ^d   Hunter, Ewan ^c   Burton, Matthew J ^a,e   Todd, Jim ^a,e,f   Neville, Brian G R ^b   Walker, Richard ^c   Newton, Charles R J C ^b,f,g,h  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^g MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse perinatal events; Africa; Children; Epilepsy; Etiology; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859429262     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03395.x     Document Type: Article

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