Pediatric Neurology
Volume 42, Issue 2 , Pages 111-117 , February 2010

Prevalence of Epilepsy in Children From a Brazilian Area of High Deprivation

  • Letícia P.B. Sampaio, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Hospital of the Clinics of the Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paolo, São Paolo, SP, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Sampaio; Departamento de Neurologia; Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 255; ICHC, 5° andar, Sala 5131; Cerqueira César; São Paulo CEP 05403 900, SP, Brazil.
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  • Luis Otávio S.F. Caboclo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Federal University of São Paolo, São Paolo, SP, Brazil
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  • Karina Kuramoto, BN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paolo, SP, Brazil
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  • Ângela Reche, BN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paolo, SP, Brazil
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  • Elza Márcia T. Yacubian, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Federal University of São Paolo, São Paolo, SP, Brazil
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  • Maria Luiza G. Manreza, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Hospital of the Clinics of the Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paolo, São Paolo, SP, Brazil

Received 21 January 2009 ,Accepted 2 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.09.002

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 42, Issue 2 , Pages 111-117 , February 2010

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