Need for a national epilepsy control program

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 89-93

  Tripathi, Manjari ^a   Jain, D C ^b   Devi, M Gourie ^b   Jain, S ^b   Saxena, V ^b   Chandra, P S ^c   Radhakrishnan, K ^b   Behari, M ^a   Gupta, M ^d   Puri, V ^d   Mehndiratta, M M ^b   Bala, K ^b   Anand, K S ^e   Rawat, S ^f   Shah, P U ^b   Gulati, S ^a   Johri, S ^a   Nadkarni, V V ^b   Chandra, P Sarat ^a   Bachani, D ^g  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b DGHS ^*

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^d G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

^e DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

^f KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^g NCD   (India)

Author keywords

Control; epilepsy; India; national; program

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

AWARENESS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STIGMA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84860464860     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.94989     Document Type: Review

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