Investigation of prevalence, clinical characteristics and management of epilepsy in Yueyang city of China by a door-to-door survey

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 129-134

  Pi, Xiaorong ^a   Cui, Lei ^b   Liu, Aizhong ^c   Zhang, Jie ^d   Ma, Yan ^a   Liu, Bofu ^a   Cai, Chaoqun ^e   Zhu, Caiyun ^a   Zhou, Tianbin ^a   Chen, Jia ^a   Zhou, Zhen ^a   Wang, Chunmei ^c   Li, Luoqing ^a   Li, Shichuo ^f   Wu, Jianzhong ^f   Xiao, Bo ^b  

^a Yueyang No 1 People's Hospital   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Hunan Children Hospital   (China)

^e Yuehua Hospital   (China)

^f Institute of Neurological Surgery   (China)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Prevalence rate

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING; SEX RATIO; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEIZURES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865067424     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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