Pattern and presentation of epilepsy in Nigerian Africans: a study of trends in the southeast

One-quarter of the 40 million individuals estimated to have epilepsy in the developing world live in Africa. Data on epilepsy in Nigeria are scanty. The disease is associated with significant socioeconomic effects. This study reviewed the pattern of presentation of epilepsy in Enugu, southeast Niger...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2009-08, Vol.103 (8), p.785-789
Hauptverfasser:	Onwuekwe, I.O., Onodugo, O.D., Ezeala-Adikaibe, B., Aguwa, E.N., Ejim, E.C., Ndukuba, K., Abadom, T.R., Illo, C.K., Onyejizu, C.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aetiology African Continental Ancestry Group Aged Aged, 80 and over Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Carbamazepine Carbamazepine - therapeutic use Child Child, Preschool Drug therapy Epilepsy Epilepsy - drug therapy Epilepsy - epidemiology Epilepsy - etiology Female General aspects Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy Humans Infant Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neurology Nigeria Nigeria - epidemiology Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Seizures Socioeconomic Factors Young Adult
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