The burden of inpatient neurologic disease in a tropical African hospital

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 576-579

  Philip Ephraim, E E ^a   Eyong, K I ^a   Chinenye, S ^b   William, U E ^a   Ephraim, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NIGERIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TETANUS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 84879404418     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100014694     Document Type: Article

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