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KMID : 0360919680110070568
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Journal of the Korean Medical Association
1968 Volume.11 No. 7 p.568 ~ p.572
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EPILEPSY IN KOREA
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ÚÓõ÷ßý/Park, C S
ÑÑÙ¥ê¹/ì°ùÓϬ/ä¡ðéÄ/ì°á¡â×/ÚÓúÛÖ»/ÑÑëàýï/Kim, M W/Lee, H K/Sim, J Y/Lee, S S/Park, H R/Kim, E H
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Abstract
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Epilepsy is the 3rd in its frequency in Korea next to tuberculosis and leprosy. And as yet study of epilepsy is scarce and its prevalence or incidence is not investigated systematically.
Looking at the miserable epileptics, the poor can not obtain the medicine routinely for long period of time and even the rich can not purchase reliable artiepileptics at market because no single systematic producer or importer of those drugs does exist in Korea, I determined to carry out study of epilepsy hoping to become the 1st step of epilepsy control in this country.
Four districts (goons) in Kyunggi Province were chosen, Paju in the north, Yichun in the south, Kapyung in the east and Kanghwa in the west. The results are shown in the tables. The prevalence rate is 30 per 100,000 population on average farless than those reported in the world literature.
The reason of this may be ;
1) shyness of the people,
2) dependence on conventional treatment or herb medicine,
3) insufficient information to the patient owing to deficient communication,
4) the patient¢¥s negligence and ignorance,
5) certain familial or other unavoidable circumstances.
The reason why I report such an incomplete and insufficient study is to stimulate the respective people so as to be able to continue this study.
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