Epilepsy - Ethnology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Autism in Saudi Arabia: presentation, clinical correlates and comorbidity.

30 May 2009 Although autism is a global disorder, relatively little is known about its presentation and occurrence in many developing countries, such as Saudi Arabia. This article describes the reasons for referral and clinical characteristics of a sample of 49 ... Read more...

General public awareness, perceptions, and attitudes with respect to epilepsy in the Akwaya Health District, South-West Region, Cameroon.

23 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: This study was part of a series mandated by the Ministry of Public Health's National Epilepsy Control Program to obtain baseline data for a community-adapted epilepsy education program. METHODS: We conducted 387 face-to-face interviews ... Read more...

[Hearing loss and epilepsy may be associated with the novel mitochondrial tRNASer(UCN) 7472delC mutation in a Chinese family]

29 Nov 2008 Mutations in mitochondrial DNA have been associated with a wide spectrum of clinical abnormalities. We reported here the clinical and genetic evaluations as well as mutational analysis of mitochondrial DNA(mtDNA) in a three-generation Chinese Han ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Epilepsy - Ethnology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Autism in Saudi Arabia: presentation, clinical correlates and comorbidity. 30 May 2009
• General public awareness, perceptions, and attitudes with respect to epilepsy in the Akwaya Health District, South-West Region, Cameroon. 23 Apr 2009
• [Hearing loss and epilepsy may be associated with the novel mitochondrial tRNASer(UCN) 7472delC mutation in a Chinese family] 29 Nov 2008
• New-onset geriatric epilepsy care: Race, setting of diagnosis, and choice of antiepileptic drug. 15 Nov 2008
• Ethnic differences in Singapore's dementia prevalence: the stroke, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, and dementia in Singapore study. 30 Oct 2008
• High prevalence of epilepsy in a village in the Littoral Province of Cameroon. 28 Oct 2008
• Modeling epilepsy disparities among ethnic groups in Philadelphia, PA. 8 Sep 2008
• Complementary treatment of psychotic and epileptic patients in malaysia. 30 Aug 2008
• The use of biomedicine, complementary and alternative medicine, and ethnomedicine for the treatment of epilepsy among people of South Asian origin in the UK. 18 Mar 2008
• Osteoprotective knowledge in a multiethnic epilepsy population. 30 Jan 2008
• Public knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy in Kuwait. 16 Jan 2008
• 'What really annoys me is people take it like it's a disability', epilepsy, disability and identity among people of Pakistani origin living in the UK. 30 Dec 2007
• Meanings of epilepsy in its sociocultural context and implications for stigma: findings from ethnographic studies in local communities in China and Vietnam. 24 Nov 2007
• Molecular basis of neonatal diabetes in Japanese patients. 15 Jul 2007
• Refractory epilepsy in a Chinese population. 10 Jul 2007
• Epilepsy stigma perception in an urban area of a limited-resource country. 3 Jul 2007
• Contributions of CYP2C9/CYP2C19 genotypes and drug interaction to the phenytoin treatment in the Korean epileptic patients in the clinical setting. 29 May 2007
• Association between ABCB1 C3435T polymorphism and drug-resistant epilepsy in Han Chinese. 20 May 2007
• Association between HLA-B*1502 allele and antiepileptic drug-induced cutaneous reactions in Han Chinese. 29 Apr 2007
• An anthropological study about epilepsy in native tribes from Central and South America. 29 Apr 2007

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Technical information about 'Epilepsy'

Definition: A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p313)

Descriptor UI: D004827

Alternative terms: Epilepsy; Epilepsies; Seizure Disorder; Seizure Disorders; Seizures, Epileptic; Epileptic Seizures; Epileptic Seizure; Seizure, Epileptic; Single Seizure; Seizure, Single; Seizures, Single; Single Seizures; Epilepsy, Cryptogenic; Cryptogenic Epilepsies; Cryptogenic Epilepsy; Epilepsies, Cryptogenic; Aura; Auras; Awakening Epilepsy; Epilepsy, Awakening;

Related Mesh Headings: Seizures;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.228.140.490;

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics