Open AccessA study on childhood epilepsy among traders in Benin City Nigeria
Author(s) -
Peter Olusola Okunola,
DU Nwaneri
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/nmj.nmj_73_19
Subject(s) - epilepsy , medicine , benin city , disease , statistical significance , descriptive statistics , cross sectional study , psychiatry , pediatrics , family medicine , teaching hospital , statistics , pathology , mathematics
Epilepsy is a serious childhood disease associated with stigmatization in the community. Despite the deleterious effect of the disease on childhood brain growth and development, the disease is treatable.