title: [Neuropsychiatric syndromes in childhood and adolescence among patients at neuropsychiatric ambulatory care and pediatric units of a teaching hospital in Ethiopia].
abstract: Among 1240 patients of the neuropsychiatric outpatient department of Gondar College of Medical Sciences, Northwest-Ethiopia, seen for the first time in 1985/86 190 (15.3%) were under 18 years of age. Among 1078 patients treated on pediatric wards during the same period at least 73 children (6.8%) suffered from neuropsychiatric diseases. The morbidity profile of this population is analysed and epidemiological and clinical aspects are discussed.
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authors: Schier
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authors: Yecunnoamlack
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authors: Tegegne
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003906:Developing Countries; D005002:Ethiopia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
vernacular_title: Neuropsychiatrische Syndrome im Kindes- und Jugendalter unter den Patienten einer neuropsychiatrischen Ambulanz und pädiatrischer Stationen in einem Ausbildungskrankenhaus in Athiopien.