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Epilepsy in the Sanaga‐Mbam valley, an onchocerciasis‐endemic region in Cameroon: electroclinical and neuropsychological findings

OBJECTIVE: Epilepsy is highly prevalent in onchocerciasis‐endemic African regions. Various types of epilepsy have been described in such regions based essentially on clinical characteristics. METHODS: We conducted a clinical, neurophysiological and neuropsychological study of epilepsy in the onchoce...

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Autores principales:	Morin, Alexandre, Guillaume, Maxime, Ngarka, Leonard, Tatah, Godwin Y., Siewe Fodjo, Joseph Nelson, Wyart, Guillaume, Nokam, Ghislain, Tchoumi, Thierry, Nkinin, Mary Bello, Njamnshi, Wepnyu Y., Chokote, Eric‐Samuel, Boussinesq, Michel, Colebunders, Robert, Chesnais, Cédric B., Gargala, Gilles, Parain, Dominique, Njamnshi, Alfred K.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
Materias:	Full‐length Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8408605/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35138694 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/epi4.12510

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