Assessment of the epilepsy treatment gap in two cities of south-east of Brazil A lacuna de tratamento em epilepsia em duas cidades do sudeste do Brasil

OBJECTIVE: To assess the epilepsy treatment gap in Campinas and São José do Rio Preto, two cities in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. METHOD: The treatment gap was estimated using the formula n1-n2/n1x100, where n1 was calculated using 1.86% prevalence and represented the number of individuals with e...

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Main Authors: Ana Lúcia Andrade Noronha, Lúcia Helena Marques, Moacir Alves Borges, Fernando Cendes, Carlos Alberto Mantovani Guerreiro, Li Min Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2004-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2004000500003