Prevalence and incidence of epilepsy

Incidence and prevalence of epilepsy

Epilepsy is an important health problem in developing countries, where its prevalence can be up to 57 per 1000 population. This article reviews the epidemiology of epilepsy in developing countries in terms of its incidence, prevalence, seizure type, mortality data, and etiological factors. The prevalence of epilepsy is particularly high in Latin America and in several African countries, notably...

The Prevalence, Incidence and Etiology of Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a neuronal disorder that is observed globally but still it is not explored very well in most parts of the world. This disease is linked to different provocative causes and affects almost all generation, ethnicity and age population. Therefore, the aim of this article is to systemically review the literature about the prevalence, incidence and etiology of epilepsy to find possible ap...

Investigating Relationship of positive Family Historypattern and the incidence of idiopathic epilepsy in patients with epilepsy

Prevalence and incidence of epilepsy in the Nordic countries.

BACKGROUND Updated knowledge on the prevalence of epilepsy is valuable for planning of health services to this large and complex patient group. Comprehensive epidemiological research on epilepsy has been undertaken, but because of variations in methodology, the results are difficult to compare. The objective of this article is to present evidence-based estimates of the prevalence and incidence ...

Prevalence and Incidence of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in Guilan Province

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and incidence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Guilan Province) and to compare the standardized prevalence by the factor of age in this province. Methods: The study was a cross-sectional design that was conducted in 2018 at the Guilan MS Society (GMSS) on people with multiple sclerosis and examined the 654 people with multiple ...