Prevalence of active convulsive epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa and associated risk factors: cross-sectional and case-control studies

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa seems to be higher than in other parts of the world, but estimates vary substantially for unknown reasons. We assessed the prevalence and risk factors of active convulsive epilepsy across five centres in this region. METHODS: We did large...

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Autores principales: Ngugi, Anthony K, Bottomley, Christian, Kleinschmidt, Immo, Wagner, Ryan G, Kakooza-Mwesige, Angelina, Ae-Ngibise, Kenneth, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Masanja, Honorati, Kamuyu, Gathoni, Odhiambo, Rachael, Chengo, Eddie, Sander, Josemir W, Newton, Charles R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lancet Pub. Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3581814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23375964
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70003-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3581814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23375964
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70003-6

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