Onchocerca volvulus as a risk factor for developing epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic regions in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a case control study

BACKGROUND: A high prevalence of epilepsy has been observed in onchocerciasis endemic areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). With this study we aimed to investigate whether Onchocerca volvulus infection is a risk factor for developing epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic regions in the DRC....

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Autores principales: Mandro, Michel, Suykerbuyk, Patrick, Tepage, Floribert, Rossy, Degratias, Ngave, Francoise, Hasan, Mirza Nazmul, Hotterbeekx, An, Mambandu, Germain, Kashama, Jean Marie, Laudisoit, Anne, Colebunders, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6174565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30293530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-018-0465-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6174565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30293530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-018-0465-9

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