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Head Injury Prevalence in a Population of Injured Patients Seeking Care in Ghana, West Africa

BACKGROUND/SIGNIFICANCE: Much of the literature on head injury (HI) prevalence comes from high-income countries (HICs), despite the disproportionate burden of injuries in low to middle-income countries (LMICs). This study evaluated the HI prevalence in the Kintampo Injury Registry, a collaborative e...

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Autores principales:	Baiden, Frank, Anto-Ocrah, Martina, Adjei, George, Gyaase, Stephaney, Abebrese, Jacob, Punguyire, Damien, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Moresky, Rachel T.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
Materias:	Neurology
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9266767/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35812104 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.917294

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