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Excessive premature mortality among children with cerebral palsy in rural Uganda: A longitudinal, population-based study
BACKGROUND: Studies from high-income countries reported reduced life expectancy in children with cerebral palsy (CP), while no population-based study has evaluated mortality of children with CP in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to estimate the mortality rate (MR) of children with CP in a rural...
Autores principales: | Namaganda, Lukia H., Almeida, Rita, Kajungu, Dan, Wabwire-Mangen, Fred, Peterson, Stefan, Andrews, Carin, Eliasson, Ann Christin, Kakooza-Mwesige, Angelina, Forssberg, Hans |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7771855/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33373366 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243948 |
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