Epilepsy research, 2014-05, Vol.108 (4), p.782-791
2014
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Prevalence and risk factors for active convulsive epilepsy in rural northeast South Africa
- Ist Teil von
- Epilepsy research, 2014-05, Vol.108 (4), p.782-791
- Ort / Verlag
- Kidlington: Elsevier B.V
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2014
- Link zum Volltext
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Highlights • Epilepsy is prevalent in rural South Africa, but less than other parts of Africa. • Most epilepsy starts in childhood. • Poor obstetric history and snoring were associated with active convulsive epilepsy. • HIV and parasitic infection were not associated with active convulsive epilepsy.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0920-1211, 1872-6844eISSN: 1872-6844DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.01.004Titel-ID: cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_umu_90077
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Biological and medical sciences, Case-control, Child, Child, Preschool, Epilepsy, Epilepsy - epidemiology, Epilepsy - etiology, Female, Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Medical sciences, Middle Aged, Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes), Neurology, Population Surveillance, Population-based, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Rural Population - statistics & numerical data, South Africa - epidemiology, Young Adult