Use of complementary and alternative medicine for epileptic children in Tehran: A cross-Sectional study (2009-2011)

Iranian Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-31

  Tonekaboni, Seyed Hassan ^a,b   Jafari Naeini, Sepideh ^a   Khajeh, Ali ^a   Yaghini, Omid ^a   Ghazavi, Ahad ^a   Abdollah Gorji, Fatemeh ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM); Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONVULSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERB; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUPERSTITION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84891801123     PISSN: 17354668     EISSN: 20080700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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