Saving lives by treating epilepsy in developing countries

Neurology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 552-553

  Jette, Nathalie ^a,b   Trevathan, Edwin ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AUTOPSY; BURN; CAREGIVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DROWNING; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALLING; HUMAN; LOCAL ADAPTATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEIZURE; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; STIGMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84895738241     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000133     Document Type: Editorial

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