Reporter's Diary
The Assistant Professor of Neurology, K.A.P. Viswanatham Government Medical College Hospital, M.A. Aleem, has been invited to make a presentation at the 26th World International Epileptic Conference at Paris from August 28 to September 1.
A consultant neurologist and epileptologist trained at Institute of Neurology, London, Dr. Aleem would present his research paper on Medication Induced Seizure (Iatrogenic Seizure) at the conference.
The paper is based on his observation of 2,421 seizure disorder patients in Tiruchi district over a three-year period from 2002. According to him, 2.35 per cent of these patients had Iatrogenic Seizure. In the previous World Epileptic Conference held at Lisbon in 2003, Dr. Aleem presented a paper on Intra-Cranial Calcification and Epilepsy due to Pig-Worm.
Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Monday, Aug 15, 2005
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