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2015

Neurology

Series

Pakistan

Articles 1 - 3 of 3

Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences

Deadly Heat Wave In Karachi, July 2015: Negligence Or Mismanagement?, Adnan Salim, A. Ahmed, N. Ashraf, M. Asher Oct 2015

Deadly Heat Wave In Karachi, July 2015: Negligence Or Mismanagement?, Adnan Salim, A. Ahmed, N. Ashraf, M. Asher

Section of Neurosurgery

No abstract provided.


Epilepsy In Pakistan: National Guidelines For Clinicians (Part 2), Fowzia Siddiqui, Shaukat Ali, Mughis Sheerani, Tipu Sultan, Shahid Mustafa, Saleem Barech, Haris Majid, Sarwar Jamil Siddiqui, Abdul Malik, Mohsin Zaheer, Wasim Akhter, Rashid Jooma Oct 2015

Epilepsy In Pakistan: National Guidelines For Clinicians (Part 2), Fowzia Siddiqui, Shaukat Ali, Mughis Sheerani, Tipu Sultan, Shahid Mustafa, Saleem Barech, Haris Majid, Sarwar Jamil Siddiqui, Abdul Malik, Mohsin Zaheer, Wasim Akhter, Rashid Jooma

Section of Neurology

No abstract provided.


Epilepsy In Pakistan: National Guidelines For Clinicians, Fowzia Siddiqui, Tipu Sultan, Shahid Mustafa, Sarwar Jamil Siddiqui, Shaukat Ali, Abdul Malik, Zafar Sajjad, Saleem Barech, Rashid Jooma Jul 2015

Epilepsy In Pakistan: National Guidelines For Clinicians, Fowzia Siddiqui, Tipu Sultan, Shahid Mustafa, Sarwar Jamil Siddiqui, Shaukat Ali, Abdul Malik, Zafar Sajjad, Saleem Barech, Rashid Jooma

Section of Neurology

Introduction: Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic neurological disorders requiring prolonged treatments and drugs. According to The World Health Organization (WHO), epilepsy is one of those serious brain disorders that affect not only the individual but has a deep impact on the family and society in general. Approximately 50 million people are affected with epilepsy around the world36, though proper epidemiological studies do not exist for Pakistan it is estimated that the prevalence of epilepsy is 9.99/1000. Highest prevalence is seen in people younger than 30 years of age, i.e. about 2 million people and 1/10th of the …