title: [Neuropediatrics: epidemiological features and etiologies at the Dakar neurology service].
abstract: Child neurology is a relatively young speciality of neurosciences which is at the frontier of Neurology and Paediatrics. Its development has been impulsed by the diagnosis techniques such as Neurobiology, Genetics, Neuroimaging and pedo-psychology. We conducted a retrospective survey among the in-patients from January 1980 to December 1997 in the service of Neurology of the University Hospital. Have been included children ranged from 0 to 15 years old without any racial, sexual or origin distinctive. In Neurology Department, children of 0 to 15 years old represent 10.06% of the in-patients received from 1980 to 1997. The mortality rate was 9.23%. The diseases are dominated by epilepsy and infantile encephalopathies with 31.02%, infectious diseases with 19.36% represented by tuberculosis, other bacterial, viral and parasitical etiologies, tumors with 10.36%, vascular pathology and degenerative disorders.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sene-Diouf
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Diop
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ndao
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
authors.forename: I P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D009462:Neurology; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D010372:Pediatrics; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology