A house-to-house survey of epileptic seizures in an urban community of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A house-to-house survey of epileptic seizures in an urban community of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To carry out a prevalence study about epileptic seizures and epilepsy in an urban low-income population. METHOD: Prevalence study in a two-phase model: screening and diagnosis confirmation. It was applied a structured questionnaire in 982 people all effectively resident on March 1rst 2000...

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Main Authors: Marleide da Mota Gomes, Regina Golnner Zeitoune, Leandro Albuquerque Lemgruber Kropf, Erica da Silva van Beeck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2002-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
epilepsy
prevalence
community study
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