Prevalence of epilepsy in the People's Republic of China: A systematic review

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 195-205

  Gu, Lian ^a   Liang, Baoyun ^a   Chen, Qing ^a   Long, Jianxiong ^b   Xie, Juanjuan ^a   Wu, Guangliang ^a   Yan, Yan ^a   Tan, Jinjing ^a   Dou, Weihua ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Wu, Peng ^a   Wang, Jinping ^a   Su, Li ^b  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Meta analysis; Prevalence; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHINA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

CHINA; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84878444733     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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