Profile of neurological disorders in an adult neurology clinic in Kumasi, Ghana

eNeurologicalSci

Volumn 3, Issue , 2016, Pages 69-74

  Sarfo, Fred Stephen ^a,b   Akassi, John ^a,b   Badu, Elizabeth ^b   Okorozo, Aham ^b   Ovbiagele, Bruce ^c   Akpalu, Albert ^d  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Demography; Ghana; Neurologic disorders; Spectrum

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADENOMA; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BINSWANGER ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; COMPRESSIVE MYELOPATHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DERMATOMYOSITIS; EPILEPSY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GHANA; HEAD INJURY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; ICD-10; IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MENTAL DISEASE; METASTATIC MELANOMA; MIGRAINE; MONONEUROPATHY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PANIC; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHAKOMATOSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC HEADACHE; PRIMARY HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY HEADACHE; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TENSION HEADACHE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 84962003808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24056502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ensci.2016.03.003     Document Type: Article

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