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Onchocerca volvulus and epilepsy: A comprehensive review using the Bradford Hill criteria for causation

BACKGROUND: The possibility that onchocerciasis may cause epilepsy has been suggested for a long time, but thus far, an etiological link has not been universally accepted. The objective of this review is to critically appraise the relationship between Onchocerca volvulus and epilepsy and subsequentl...

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Autores principales: Colebunders, Robert, Njamnshi, Alfred K., Menon, Sonia, Newton, Charles R., Hotterbeekx, An, Preux, Pierre-Marie, Hopkins, Adrian, Vaillant, Michel, Siewe Fodjo, Joseph Nelson
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7790236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33411705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008965