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Clinical features, proximate causes, and consequences of active convulsive epilepsy in Africa

PURPOSE: Epilepsy is common in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but the clinical features and consequences are poorly characterized. Most studies are hospital-based, and few studies have compared different ecological sites in SSA. We described active convulsive epilepsy (ACE) identified in cross-sectional...

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Autores principales:	Kariuki, Symon M, Matuja, William, Akpalu, Albert, Kakooza-Mwesige, Angelina, Chabi, Martin, Wagner, Ryan G, Connor, Myles, Chengo, Eddie, Ngugi, Anthony K, Odhiambo, Rachael, Bottomley, Christian, White, Steven, Sander, Josemir W, Neville, Brian G R, Newton, Charles R J C
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
Materias:	Full-Length Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074306/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24116877 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/epi.12392

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