SEIZURES, EPILEPSY AND RISK-FACTORS - A SURVEY IN MARTINIQUE

Authors
JALLON P SMADJA D CABRE P LEMAB G BAZIN M
Citation
P. Jallon et al., SEIZURES, EPILEPSY AND RISK-FACTORS - A SURVEY IN MARTINIQUE, Revue neurologique, 154(5), 1998, pp. 408-411
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Revue neurologique → ACNP
ISSN journal
00353787
Volume
154
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
408 - 411
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-3787(1998)154:5<408:SEAR-A>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A prospective incidence study was carried out in the French Carribean island of Martinique between May 1st 1994 and April 31st 1995. inciden ce was 80,6 (77, 7 when standardized with 1990 U.S population). This i ncidence was higher than that observed in the Swiss canton of Geneva w here the same methodology was used. The individualized risk factors of first provoked and unprovoked seizures in Martinique were alcoolism, head trauma and cerebro-vascular accidents.