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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...
Autor principal: | Buchmann, Kristine |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Co-Action Publishing
2014
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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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