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‘You sit in fear’: understanding perceptions of nodding syndrome in post-conflict northern Uganda

BACKGROUND: Nodding syndrome, a disabling epidemic epileptic encephalopathy, has affected an estimated 1,834 children in northern Uganda, with reports of as many as 3,000. Etiology is unknown and children are being treated symptomatically but inconsistently with anti-epileptic drugs. DESIGN: This qu...

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Autor principal:	Buchmann, Kristine
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Co-Action Publishing 2014
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212077/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25361725 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v7.25069

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