Need for a national epilepsy control program.

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Published in Ann Indian Acad Neurol on April 01, 2012

Authors

M Tripathi1, D C Jain, M Gourie Devi, S Jain, V Saxena, P S Chandra, K Radhakrishnan, M Behari, M Gupta, V Puri, M M Mehndiratta, K Bala, K S Anand, S Rawat, P U Shah, S Gulati, S Johri, V V Nadkarni, P Sarat Chandra, D Bachani

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India.

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