Nodding syndrome and epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic regions: comparing preliminary observations from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo with data from Uganda

BACKGROUND: Nodding syndrome (NS) is an epilepsy disorder occurring in children in South Sudan, northern Uganda and Tanzania. The etiology of NS is unknown, but epidemiological studies demonstrate an association between NS and onchocerciasis. METHODS: Between November 2013 and July 2015 we visited o...

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Autores principales: Colebunders, Robert, Hendy, Adam, Mokili, John L., Wamala, Joseph Francis, Kaducu, Joice, Kur, Lucia, Tepage, Floribert, Mandro, Michel, Mucinya, Gisele, Mambandu, Germain, Komba, Michel Yendema, Lumaliza, Jean Louis, van Oijen, Marieke, Laudisoit, Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4802870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27005304
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-1993-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4802870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27005304
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-1993-7

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