Incidence of convulsive epilepsy in a rural area in Kenya

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1352-1359

  Ngugi, Anthony K ^a,b,c,d   Bottomley, Christian ^b   Scott, J Anthony G ^a,c,e   Mung'Ala Odera, Victor ^a   Bauni, Evasius ^a,c   Sander, Josemir W ^f,g   Kleinschmidt, Immo ^b   Newton, Charles R ^a,b,c,h,i  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

^d AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convulsive epilepsy; Epilepsy; Incidence; Kenya

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MENINGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

CONVULSIVE EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY; INCIDENCE; KENYA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881177409     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12236     Document Type: Article

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