Premieres crises epileptiques tardives etude de 42 cas
Médecine Tropicale
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64(4): 155-159, 2004.
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in French
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| ID: biblio-1266675
ABSTRACT
Late occurrence of epilepsy is common in tropical areas. This report describes a series of 42 cases of late epilepsy collected over a three-year period. Findings were consistent with the literature highest incidence in young age groups; predominance of partial symptomatic epilepsy; and wide spectrum of etiologies. The most frequent etiology was tumoral disease followed by vascular and infectious disease. Brain CT scan and electro-encephalography were highly useful for identification of clinical and etiological entities
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AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Epilepsy
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
French
Journal:
Médecine Tropicale
Year:
2004
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Article
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