Background: Epilepsy lays an important burden on healthcare systems and society in
general. Disability adjusted life years (DALYs) have been developed to compare the burden …

Purpose To assess the mortality related to epilepsy in Latin America. Methods We searched
MEDLINE, EMBASE, and LILACS from inception to December 2013 for articles evaluating …

Background The epilepsy prevalence in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) had
remained high over the last 20 years. Data on the burden of epilepsy are needed for …

RATIONALE:: Epilepsy is the most common serious neurological condition in the world, and
an important cause of mortality and disability in developing countries. Because …

Background Disability‐adjusted life year (DALY) is a time‐based measure of disease
burden incorporating both disability and mortality. Our study aimed to determine the DALY …

Epilepsy is a chronic disease experienced by millions and a cause of substantial morbidity
and mortality. This review summarizes prevalence and incidence studies of epilepsy that …

Objective: To ascertain the prevalence of epilepsy in Junín, a town of 70,000–80,000
inhabitants from the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Background: S ome South …

Objectives Disease burden has always been based on associated mortality. An accurate
measurement of the burden of epilepsy should rely on both morbidity and mortality. This will …

During the last two decades, there has been a renewed interest in studying epidemiology of
epilepsy in developing countries. While there are data on prevalence of epilepsy from many …

Introduction Epilepsy is a very common disease in Spain. There is a great lack of information
on real epidemiological data and the patient impact of this disease. The objective of the …