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Prevalence of epilepsy and seizures in the Navajo Nation 1998–2002

  1. Karen Parko1,
  2. David J. Thurman2

Article first published online: 1 JUN 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02140.x

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Epilepsia

Epilepsia

Volume 50, Issue 10, pages 2180–2185, October 2009

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Parko, K. and Thurman, D. J. (2009), Prevalence of epilepsy and seizures in the Navajo Nation 1998–2002. Epilepsia, 50: 2180–2185. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02140.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Neurology, University of California, and the San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

  2. 2

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adult and Community Health, Epilepsy Program, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.

*Address correspondence to Dr. Karen Parko, 4150 Clement Street (127), San Francisco, CA 94121, U.S.A. E-mail: Karen.Parko@ucsf.edu

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 SEP 2009
  2. Article first published online: 1 JUN 2009
  3. Accepted March 3, 2009; Early View publication June 1, 2009.

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