Predictores del pronóstico de la Epilepsia: un estudio colaborativo nacional ecuatoriano

Abstract

Epilepsy is a public health problem both for its high frecuencua as the social and economic impact on the population. In developed countries, the prevalence of epilepcia of about 6 per thousand inhabitants, this figure differs substantially from those reported in developing countries where most publications mention numbers between 8-22 per thousand. During the eighties several works of epidemiological research on epilepsy were conducted in Ecuador