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Community perceptions of epilepsy and its treatment in an onchocerciasis endemic region in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo

BACKGROUND: A recent study in the Logo and Rethy health zones in the Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported that the majority of the persons with epilepsy (PWE) had not been treated with anti-epileptic medication (AEM) or had stopped treatment. Prior to the implementation...

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Autores principales:	Dolo, Housseini, Mandro, Michel, Wonya’Rossi, Deogratias, Ngave, Francoise, Fraeyman, Jessica, Siewe, Joseph N., Suykerbuyk, Patrick, Colebunders, Robert
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2018
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6278164/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30509330 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-018-0498-0

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