Status epilepticus in sub-Saharan Africa: New findings

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2013, Pages 50-53

  Newton, Charles R ^a,b,c   Kariuki, Symon M ^a,c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute seizures; Falciparummalaria; Kenya

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACUTE SEIZURES; INFECTION; KENYA; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPLICATION; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

ACUTE SEIZURES; FALCIPARUM MALARIA; KENYA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTICONVULSANTS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALARIA; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891514869     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12277     Document Type: Article

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