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Acute seizures attributable to falciparum malaria in an endemic area on the Kenyan coast

Falciparum malaria is an important cause of acute symptomatic seizures in children admitted to hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa, and these seizures are associated with neurological disabilities and epilepsy. However, it is difficult to determine the proportion of seizures attributable to malaria in e...

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Autores principales: Kariuki, Symon M., Ikumi, Michelle, Ojal, John, Sadarangani, Manish, Idro, Richard, Olotu, Ally, Bejon, Philip, Berkley, James A., Marsh, Kevin, Newton, Charles R. J. C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21482551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awr051