Telemedicine for epilepsy support in resource-poor settings

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Patterson, Victor ^a  

^a Dhulikhel Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Epilepsy; Epilepsy treatment gap; Phone app; Telemedicine; Teleneurology; Untreated epilepsy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981166296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00120     Document Type: Article

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