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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Matuja, W.B.P | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-07T11:30:33Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-07T11:30:33Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1990 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Afr. J. med. med. Sci. 1990:19.89-92. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1116-4077 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://adhlui.com.ui.edu.ng/jspui/handle/123456789/1705 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Over a period of 2 years, 26 subjects with epilepsy following non-missile head injury were referred to the neurology clinic at Muhimbili Medical Centre, Dar es Salaam. The mean age was 28.5 yr. Twenty of these subjects were males. Sixteen (62%) were victims of road traffic accidents, six (23%) had direct blows of the head and four (15%) had fallen from heights. The first late seizure occurred 2 weeks after injury in all subjects. Fifty-eight percent had the first late seizure between the third and seventh month after injury. Only 8% had the first seizure after 1 year of injury. Posttraumatic amnesia of over 24 h was the commonest recorded complication and occurred in 58% of subjects. Other complications were: depressed fracture (31%), acute intracranial haematoma (27%) and early seizures (12%). Twenty percent of subjects had no complications. The role of the head injury complications as a factor in increasing the risk of late epilepsy as well as individual susceptibility to seizures is discussed. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | College of Medicine, University of Ibadan | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Scientific Publications | en_US |
dc.subject | Epilepsy | en_US |
dc.subject | Amnesia | en_US |
dc.subject | Head Injury | en_US |
dc.subject | Seizures | en_US |
dc.title | Epilepsy following non-missile head injury among African people in Dar es Salaam: a retrospective clinical analysis study. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences |
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