Commentary: Epilepsy is a global problem

Epilepsia

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1326-1328

  Perucca, Emilio ^a   Covanis, Athanasios ^b   Dua, Tarun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AFRICA; ASIA; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEUROLOGIST; NOTE; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; HEALTH;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84908038188     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12725     Document Type: Note

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