Epilepsy and its effects on children and families in rural Uganda

African Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 613-623

  Duggan, Maureen B ^a,b  

^a Spring view Cottage   (United Kingdom)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Cognition; Prolonged coma; Schooling; Traditional treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BURN; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; EAR MALFORMATION; FALLING; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH BELIEF; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; KERATITIS; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROPHTHALMIA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SANFILIPPO SYNDROME; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL ATTENDANCE; SECKEL SYNDROME; SOCIAL STIGMA; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UGANDA;

ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS; COGNITION; PROLONGED COMA; SCHOOLING; TRADITIONAL TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEIZURES; UGANDA;

EID: 84883672522     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v13i3.14     Document Type: Article

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