Prevalence and factors associated with convulsive status epilepticus in Africans with epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 84, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 1838-1845

  Kariuki, Symon M ^a,b   Kakooza Mwesige, Angelina ^c,d   Wagner, Ryan G ^c,e,f,g   Chengo, Eddie ^a,c   White, Steven ^h   Kamuyu, Gathoni ^a,c   Ngugi, Anthony K ^a,c,j   Sander, Josemir W ^k,l,m   Neville, Brian G R ⁱ   Newton, Charles R J ^a,c,i,n  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

^d Iganga Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance System Department of Paediatrics and Child Health   (Ghana)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^m STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

ⁿ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PARASITOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); SOUTH AFRICA; UGANDA; UNEMPLOYMENT; BRAIN DISEASES; BURNS; EPILEPSY; HIV INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MARRIAGE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN DISEASES; BURNS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; UGANDA; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928905593     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001542     Document Type: Article

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