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Prevalence and Incidence of Epilepsy Associated with Convulsive Seizures in Rural Bolivia. A Global Campaign against Epilepsy Project
OBJECTIVE: we performed a three-stages door-to-door survey to estimate incidence and prevalence of epilepsy associated with convulsive seizures (EACS) in a rural area of Bolivia. METHODS: the study was carried out in the Cordillera Province, southern-eastern Bolivia. One hundred fourteen rural commu...
Autores principales: | Bruno, Elisa, Quattrocchi, Graziella, Crespo Gómes, Elizabeth Blanca, Sofia, Vito, Padilla, Sandra, Camargo, Mario, Zappia, Mario, Bartoloni, Alessandro, Nicoletti, Alessandra |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591289/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26427017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139108 |
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