Epilepsy care challenges in developing countries

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-186

  Kvalsund, Michelle P ^a   Birbeck, Gretchen L ^b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b East Lansing   (United States)

^c Chikankata Hospital   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Cost; Developing country; Drug interactions; Epilepsy; HIV; Mortality; Pharmaceutical regulations; Pharmacokinetics; Public policy; Treatment gap

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ATAZANAVIR; ATAZANAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; EFAVIRENZ; LAMOTRIGINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; MIDAZOLAM; NONNUCLEOSIDE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR; PHENYTOIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RALTEGRAVIR; VALPROIC ACID; ZIDOVUDINE;

ALGORITHM; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MALARIA; CHIKUNGUNYA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DROWNING; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEREDITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAGONIMIASIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; TOXOCARIASIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPILEPSY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84859775166     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e328350baf8     Document Type: Review

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